Avoyelles Parish, LA real estate

What the numbers say

Avoyelles Parish, LA real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

Homeowners in Avoyelles Parish pay a median of $249 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $122,400, an effective rate of about 0.20%. The Louisiana average is 0.55%, which makes Avoyelles Parish the #2 lowest-tax of 64 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $757 a month, and $734 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 13 times a year's rent, which generally favors buying.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $122,000 home here comes to about $739 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $32,000 a year (the median household here earns $39,325).