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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 28,841, 10,505 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $211,653, house prices in Laplace are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Laplace, accounting for 81.93% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Laplace include mobile homes or trailers ( 8.20%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.10%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 3.37%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Laplace. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 76.56% of Laplace's homes, and 79.62% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Laplace built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Laplace built between 2000 and later ( 22.63%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 11.95%). There's also some housing in Laplace built before 1939 ( 2.48%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Laplace. Fully 10.31% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Laplace homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Laplace real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Laplace, where house values have increased just 46.08%, which is annualized rate of 3.86%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Laplace appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Laplace's appreciation rate has been 1.48%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Laplace were at -0.81%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -3.20%.
Notably, Laplace's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Laplace's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Laplace differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Laplace - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Laplace real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$211,653
for Louisiana
for nation
10,505
$1,741 / per month