Home values, rents and more in Lake Charles, LA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lake Charles compares
The typical home in Lake Charles, LA is worth about $207,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lake Charles are about the same as the typical value in the Lake Charles metro area ($202,000) and 44% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lake Charles rose 2.1%, compared with +2.3% in the Lake Charles metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,329 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Lake Charles metro area ($1,358) and 31% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 19.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $59,235, against $66,700 in the Lake Charles metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 81,143 people live in Lake Charles (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Lake Charles has the 5th-highest typical home value of the 15 cities in the Lake Charles metro area and the 87th-highest of 244 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Calcasieu Parish, LA · Lake Charles metro area · Louisiana
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.