The story of this market
The typical home in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana sells for about $184,000, or $136 per square foot.
Prices are down 19.3% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 68 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 89% since 2000. Last year 4 of 10 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is hurricane, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,092 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,092 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 (+11.7%). Worst: 2009 (-2.4%). 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
$1,375
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 10 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
86
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $46,977,609.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
70.9%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1528 | 767 | 70.9% | 13.3% | $165,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
St. Martin Parish's housing market has experienced downward pricing adjustments with median closed prices falling year-over-year. Rising insurance premiums and broader regional interest rate pressures continue to temper buyer purchasing power, while listings spend longer on the market.
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 up 2.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 47 days on market with 9.3 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
3% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 4.53% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.8% · poverty 18.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 9 researched ZIP reports of 10 — 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.
St. Martin 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 2.9%/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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| 70380 | Morgan City | $138,300 | $143 | +1.4% | 65 | 97.5% | 15% | 6.2 | 1,150 | $950 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70390 | Napoleonville | $256,996 | $151 | +2% | 78 | — | — | — | 1,150 | $1,250 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70512 | Arnaudville | $135,200 | $104 | +1.4% | 59 | — | — | 5.1 | 1,150 | $1,092 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70517 | Breaux Bridge | $250,000 | $144 | — | 78 | — | 50.9% | — | 1,150 | $1,092 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70522 | Cecilia | $172,250 | $138 | +1.4% | 138 | 98.5% | 21.1% | 1.1 | 60 | $1,019 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70525 | Church Point | $161,128 | $115 | -1.5% | 88 | 96.5% | 12% | 9.2 | 93 | $855 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70569 | Lydia | $176,951 | $145 | +6.1% | 31 | — | — | 18.8 | 75 | $1,118 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70577 | Port Barre | $135,000 | $105 | +2.1% | 62 | 97.2% | 12.5% | 4.8 | 24 | $950 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70582 | St. Martinville | $158,000 | $105 | -1.2% | 49 | 96.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 1,150 | $855 | researched Sep 25 |
| 70750 | Krotz Springs | $117,332 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $936 | 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.
St. Martin Parish maintains lower overall violent crime rates than neighboring urban Lafayette, though property crimes and theft remain clustered in commercial nodes like Breaux Bridge.
Public education is administered by the St. Martin Parish School Board, which generally receives average statewide performance ratings (typically a 'B' or 'C' in state accountability) with higher individual marks for rural community campuses.
Significant low-lying terrain across the Atchafalaya Basin subjects large portions of the parish to high inland flooding and storm surge risks, pushing property and flood insurance costs upward.
Growth is largely linked to logistics, oilfield services, and cultural tourism along the I-10 and US-90 corridors, with spillover commuter growth from Lafayette Parish.
Parish assessment applies Louisiana's constitutionally mandated 10% assessment ratio for residential property against local millage rates, complemented by a substantial $75,000 homestead exemption that limits net ad valorem burdens.
The parish's economy is anchored by agriculture, crawfish aquaculture, healthcare, oilfield fabrication, and ecotourism, with strong employment connectivity to greater Lafayette.
Major transit is driven by Interstate 10, Louisiana Highway 31 along Bayou Teche, and the future I-49 South/US-90 corridor in the southern sector of the parish.
The St. Martin Parish Assessor's Office evaluates residential improvements at 10% of fair market value under Louisiana Tax Commission guidelines on a four-year reassessment cycle.
Special taxing jurisdictions include the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District, St. Martin Hospital District, Law Enforcement District, and drainage and levee maintenance authorities.
Property insurance is significantly stressed by statewide hurricane losses and mandatory flood zone underwriting, leading to increased reliance on Louisiana Citizens Fair Plan policies.
- Camp Margaritaville RV Resort Breaux Bridge4.47.2 mi
- Surge Entertainment by Drew Brees4.115.4 mi
- Kart Ranch4.515.5 mi
- Elevation Station4.513 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.419.2 mi
- CAJUNDOME & Convention Center4.517 mi
- TABASCO Factory Tours4.724.5 mi
- Camp Margaritaville RV Resort Breaux Bridge4.47.2 mi
- Cajun Field4.617.3 mi
- LARC's Acadian Village4.520.7 mi
- The Grand Ambassador by Santikos4.418.2 mi
- The Grand Lafayette by Santikos4.417.6 mi
- Zoosiana4.314 mi
- Vermilionville Historic Village4.714.6 mi
- Dave and Buster's Lafayette418.2 mi
- TABASCO Factory Tours4.724.5 mi
- LARC's Acadian Village4.520.7 mi
- Vermilionville Historic Village4.714.6 mi
- TABASCO4.724.5 mi
- Acadiana Park Nature Station4.713.9 mi
- Moncus Park4.717.4 mi
- Broussard Sports Complex at Saint Julien Park4.612.4 mi
- Girard Park4.616.1 mi
- Lake Fausse Pointe State Park4.415.1 mi
- Acadiana Park Nature Station4.713.9 mi
- Topgolf Lafayette418.2 mi
- Surge Entertainment by Drew Brees4.115.4 mi
- Wetlands Golf Course4.417.4 mi
- Les Vieux Chenes Golf Course416 mi
- Acadiana Mall4.219.8 mi
- Marshalls & HomeGoods4.518.2 mi
- Rouses Market4.417.6 mi
- Albertsons4.417.1 mi
- La Morenita Meat Market4.218.7 mi
- Lafayette Regional Airport4.414.2 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.
Spanning extensive cypress-tupelo swamps, it provides premier boating, swamp tours, birding, and hunting that define the local Sportsman's Paradise lifestyle.
Preserves the cultural heritage of Acadian and Creole history along Bayou Teche, featuring the Evangeline Oak and historic maison sites.
Known as the Crawfish Capital of the World, offering world-famous Cajun dining, zydeco dance halls, and seasonal festivals along the bayou.
A scenic freshwater swamp haven renowned internationally for massive colonial waterbird rookeries, hiking trails, and kayak launches.
Retrieved via Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS county data profile for FIPS 22099.
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.