St. Charles Parish, LA real estate

What the numbers say

St. Charles Parish, LA real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in St. Charles Parish listed for $282,500, down 8.9% from a year earlier. That is 5% above the Louisiana median of $270,000.

Homes spent a median of 73 days on the market, slower than 64 days a year ago. That makes St. Charles Parish the #8 fastest-selling of 23 Louisiana counties we track.

Homeowners in St. Charles Parish pay a median of $1,562 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $263,700, an effective rate of about 0.59%. The Louisiana average is 0.55%, which makes St. Charles Parish the #56 lowest-tax of 64 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,210 a month, and $1,182 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 19 times a year's rent.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $283,000 home here comes to about $1,797 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $77,000 a year (the median household here earns $80,897).