Monthly cost of buying the typical home, at today's average 30-year rate. Change any number to fit your situation.
Zillow doesn't publish a rent index for this area.
Our forecast of +2.2% over 12 months would add roughly $376 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −2.5% to +8.9%, so treat it as uncertain.
Estimates only. Excludes maintenance (often about 1% of the price a year), the return the down payment could earn elsewhere, and tax effects. Rent is the Zillow Observed Rent Index, a typical market rent for all home types.
Redfin, all residential, monthly. These feed the metro trend model.
Strongest forecast relative to the metro first. “vs. metro” ranks each ZIP within Lake Charles, LA (100 = strongest).
| 70668 Vinton, LA | $147,020 | ▲ 7.6% | ▲ 3.7% −3% to +11% | 100 |
| 70631 Cameron, LA | $233,549 | ▲ 10.5% | ▲ 3.6% −3% to +11% | 93 |
| 70645 Hackberry, LA | $246,648 | ▲ 9.4% | ▲ 3.2% −3% to +11% | 86 |
| 70661 Starks, LA | $137,182 | ▲ 3.1% | ▲ 3.2% −3% to +11% | 79 |
| 70630 Bell City, LA | $207,968 | ▲ 8.7% | ▲ 3.0% −3% to +10% | 71 |
| 70647 Iowa, LA | $246,362 | ▲ 4.1% | ▲ 2.9% −4% to +10% | 64 |
| 70611 Lake Charles, LA | $257,211 | ▲ 2.8% | ▲ 2.5% −4% to +10% | 57 |
| 70665 Sulphur, LA | $237,686 | ▲ 1.9% | ▲ 2.4% −4% to +10% | 50 |
| 70615 Lake Charles, LA | $149,352 | ▲ 4.0% | ▲ 2.2% −4% to +10% | 43 |
| 70605 Lake Charles, LA | $272,058 | ▲ 0.7% | ▲ 2.2% −4% to +10% | 36 |
| 70607 Lake Charles, LA | $203,773 | ▲ 2.3% | ▲ 2.2% −4% to +9% | 29 |
| 70669 Westlake, LA | $187,583 | ▲ 2.5% | ▲ 1.5% −5% to +9% | 21 |
| 70633 Dequincy, LA | $161,968 | ▲ 2.6% | ▲ 1.1% −5% to +8% | 14 |
| 70663 Sulphur, LA | $183,069 | ▲ 1.7% | ▲ 0.5% −6% to +8% | 7 |
| 70601 Lake Charles, LA | $103,730 | ▼ 6.2% | ▼ 4.3% −10% to +3% | 0 |