The story of this market
The typical home in Livingston Parish, Louisiana sells for about $251,012, or $155 per square foot.
Prices are up +5% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 49 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 92% since 2000. Last year 20 of 34 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is hurricane, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,149 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,149 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2006 (+12.7%). Worst: 2010 (-2.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+0.5%
LA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,456
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 34 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
95
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $165,627,805.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
76%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6546 | 3302 | 76% | 4.4% | $195,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Livingston Parish demonstrates healthy residential stability characterized by modest year-over-year price growth and robust sales volume along the I-12 suburban corridor. Homes sell at approximately 98.8% of list price within a reasonable 49 median days on market. While buyer demand remains underpinned by solid parish school ratings and relative affordability compared to Baton Rouge proper, overall velocity is moderated by elevated homeowner insurance premiums and borrowing rates.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 2.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 63 days on market with 3.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
9% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 69.69% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.4% · poverty 11.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 9 researched ZIP reports of 12 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Livingston Parish, Louisiana — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 4.1%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 70449 | Maurepas | $283,192 | $163 | +3.9% | 70 | 98% | 20% | 3.6 | 3,172 | $1,350 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70454 | Ponchatoula | $235,901 | $165 | -0.2% | 72 | 97.5% | 18% | 5.2 | 114 | $1,300 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70462 | Springfield | $176,000 | $164 | -18% | 49 | — | — | — | 3,373 | $1,800 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70706 | Denham Springs | $280,000 | $164 | +4.6% | 70 | 98.2% | — | 4.3 | 1,780 | $1,149 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70711 | Albany | $221,700 | $163 | -2.3% | 66 | 98.5% | 20% | 4.9 | 3,172 | $1,250 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70726 | Denham Springs | $251,000 | $155 | +5% | 49 | 98% | 20% | 2.8 | 591 | $1,565 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70733 | French Settlement | $280,000 | $151 | — | 76 | — | — | — | 2,561 | $1,550 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70744 | Holden | $335,000 | $130 | +31.4% | 35 | — | — | — | — | $1,149 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70754 | Livingston | $251,000 | $155 | +5% | 49 | — | — | — | 211 | $1,149 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70755 | Livonia | $195,800 | $155 | +5% | 66 | 98% | 20% | 3.5 | 781 | $950 | researched Sep 25 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Livingston Parish generally reports lower violent crime rates compared to neighboring East Baton Rouge Parish, functioning largely as an exurban bedroom community. Property crimes, such as vehicular break-ins and residential theft, represent the bulk of law enforcement calls.
Public education is unified under the Livingston Parish Public Schools district, which consistently ranks among the higher-performing public districts in the greater Baton Rouge area with an official Louisiana Department of Education 'B' district performance score.
Flooding represents the predominant environmental and structural hazard, with over 30% of properties carrying severe flood risk stemming from major river systems including the Amite and Tickfaw rivers. Wind exposure from tropical storms and hurricanes presents an extreme hazard, resulting in escalating homeowners insurance premiums and tight underwriting.
The parish continues to experience steady residential expansion eastward from Baton Rouge along the Interstate 12 corridor. Growth is supported by retail and healthcare infrastructure additions across Denham Springs and Walker, along with light industrial expansions.
Louisiana features a generous homestead exemption exempting the first $75,000 of assessed market value ($7,500 assessed value at the statutory 10% residential assessment ratio) from parish ad valorem property taxes. Effective tax rates in Livingston Parish remain modest at roughly 0.45% to 0.55%, though local millages fund school bonds, drainage districts, and parish law enforcement.
The Livingston Parish economy is heavily anchored by public education, local government, construction trades, and regional retail along the Interstate 12 corridor. A large portion of the parish labor force commutes to neighboring East Baton Rouge Parish for employment in petrochemical manufacturing, state government, healthcare, and higher education.
Interstate 12 is the principal arterial east-west corridor connecting the parish directly to Baton Rouge to the west and Hammond/Slidell to the east, while US Highway 190 and LA Highway 16 provide vital secondary connectivity. The area relies almost entirely on personal vehicular transport, with no fixed-route commuter rail or regional bus transit services.
Parish planning is focused on expanding drainage mitigation infrastructure, updating floodplain management ordinances, and regulating single-family subdivision density along major drainage basins.
Real property is assessed by the Livingston Parish Assessor's Office under Louisiana constitutional law, assessing residential property at 10% of fair market value. General parishwide reassessments occur quadrennially, with homestead exemptions shielding eligible primary residences up to the statutory cap.
Parcels are subject to overlapping millages from the Livingston Parish Gravity Drainage Districts, local fire protection districts, school district debt service bonds, and the parish library system.
Property insurance is a significant affordability headwind across the parish due to extreme hurricane wind exposure and significant flood risk. Homeowners face heightened carrier selectivity, mandatory named-storm deductibles, and frequent supplemental National Flood Insurance Program policies.
- Airborne Extreme Adventure Park4.616.8 mi
- Surge Entertainment4.529 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.324.3 mi
- Liberty Lagoon425.9 mi
- Aqua PARDS4.315.1 mi
- Lamar Dixon Expo Center4.523.4 mi
- Topgolf Baton Rouge4.223 mi
- Houmas House Estate and Gardens4.725.4 mi
- Louisiana Renaissance Festival4.719.2 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill420.7 mi
- AMC Baton Rouge 164.319.9 mi
- Ponchatoula Memorial Park4.513.9 mi
- Big Boss Travel Plaza4.14.9 mi
- Airborne Extreme Adventure Park4.616.8 mi
- Aqua PARDS4.315.1 mi
- Whitney Plantation4.827.3 mi
- Houmas House Estate and Gardens4.725.4 mi
- Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Créole Heritage Site4.729.6 mi
- Knock Knock Children's Museum4.729.4 mi
- Burden Museum & Gardens4.825.6 mi
- Chappapeela Sports Park4.516.6 mi
- Tickfaw State Park4.54.6 mi
- Ponchatoula Memorial Park4.513.9 mi
- North Park4.614.8 mi
- Sidney Hutchinson Park4.611.4 mi
- St James Boat Club4.623.2 mi
- Carter Plantation Golf Course4.56.3 mi
- Oak Knoll Country Club4.217.4 mi
- The Pines at North Park3.715.4 mi
- Juban Crossing4.614.9 mi
- Hammond Square4.413.4 mi
- The Flea Market of Louisiana4.119.7 mi
- Rouses Market4.317.4 mi
- Rouses Market4.514.7 mi
- Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport4.429.1 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A historic commercial and cultural downtown district housing dozens of antique shops, art galleries, local eateries, and community festivals such as the Spring and Fall Antique Festivals.
Offers over a mile of elevated boardwalks through bottomland hardwood and cypress swamp forests, camping facilities, canoe/kayak launches, and nature center exhibits.
A massive retail flagship anchoring the I-12 corridor with extensive outdoor recreation exhibits, direct boat access to the Amite River, and regional consumer drawing power.
A major municipal park in Denham Springs featuring youth baseball/softball fields, a driving range, tennis courts, splash pad, walking trails, and community fitness centers.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates and DataUSA profile for Livingston Parish, LA (county equivalent FIPS 22063).
applies when — Property located within a condominium regime
The association may adopt budgets and collect assessments for common expenses. Late fees for assessments are capped at 30% of the monthly assessment amount.
R.S. 9:1123.102
Louisiana requires a judicial foreclosure process. The process involves filing a petition, obtaining a judgment, and a sheriff's sale. Specific notice requirements, including posting a sign on the property, apply to residential dwellings.
Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 2293
Sellers must complete a property disclosure document in good faith, disclosing known defects in the property as prescribed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.
R.S. 9:3196 through 9:3200; La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXVII-3601
Property is assessed at 10% of its fair market value. The tax liability is calculated by applying the local millage rate to the assessed value. A homestead exemption of $75,000 of the assessed value is available for owner-occupied primary residences.
Louisiana Constitution Article VII, Section 18
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.