Metro market data for agents
Lake Charles, LA housing market — data for agents
The latest Lake Charles, LA home prices, inventory, and days on market — the local proof points your buyers and sellers ask for. Use it to anchor a listing price: the typical home here is 6.5% lower than the Louisiana state average and 45.4% lower than the U.S. typical value.
Data as of May 2026.
Latest snapshot — quote these in your CMA
Home value
$202K
May 2026
Days on market
38 days
May 2026
Inventory
758
May 2026
What to tell your buyers and sellers
Ready-to-use talking points for your next Lake Charles, LA listing appointment or buyer consult — each is the current figure with its trend.
- ·Typical home value (ZHVI) is $202,237 — -0.0% month over month, +3.0% year over year.
- ·Median days on market is 38 days — -29.6% month over month, -39.7% year over year.
- ·Homes for sale is 758 — -1.2% month over month, -20.4% year over year.
13-month trends — the story behind your pricing
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Sources & methodology
Every figure on this page is drawn from authoritative public housing and mortgage data, refreshed monthly — so you can quote it in a listing appointment or CMA and back it with a link when a client pushes back. Home values shown as ZHVI are a smoothed typical-value index, not raw sale prices.