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The median home value in Lafayette Parish, LA is $238,289 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.27% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$238,289
Year-over-Year
+2.27%
National Rank
#1490 of 3071
Lafayette Parish ranks 11th out of 64 counties in LA by median home price, and is +1.7% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within LA, the typical county has a median home value of $172,110, making Lafayette Parish +38.5% above the LA state median.
Households here earn a median of $67,451 a year against a typical home value of $238,289 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.5×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 46% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Lafayette Parish recorded a violent crime rate of 905 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 3,786 per 100,000.
Based on 4 reporting cities covering 159,279 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Lafayette Parish is $238,289. That's up 2.27% from a year earlier. That is about 1.7% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Lafayette Parish the 11th most expensive of 64 counties in Louisiana.
Median household income here is $67,451, so a typical home costs about 3.5× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Lafayette Parish recorded 905 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 159,279 residents across 4 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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