Sabine Parish, LA real estate

What the numbers say

Sabine Parish, LA real estate at a glance

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

Homeowners in Sabine Parish pay a median of $484 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $123,100, an effective rate of about 0.39%. The Louisiana average is 0.55%, which makes Sabine Parish the #29 lowest-tax of 64 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $701 a month, and $559 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 15 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 $123,000 home here comes to about $763 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $33,000 a year (the median household here earns $50,329).