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The median home value in Lake Charles, LA is $206,355 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.44% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$206,355
Year-over-Year
+2.44%
Population
77,982
Lake Charles ranks #18 of 36 Louisiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.8% above the state's city median of $204,702. It sits in Calcasieu Parish, where the county-wide median is $200,373.
Median household income in Lake Charles is $59,235, so the typical home value is about 3.5× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Lake Charles police recorded a violent crime rate of 613 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,470 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Lake Charles, that value is $206,355. That's up 2.44% from a year earlier. It is about 0.8% above the typical Louisiana city tracked here.
Homes in Lake Charles are more expensive than Calcasieu Parish as a whole, where the median is $200,373 — a difference of about 3.0%.
Median household income here is $59,235, so the typical home value is about 3.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Lake Charles police reported 613 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 77,982. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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