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Ranked · Buying a home · Louisiana

Best cities for buying a home in Louisiana

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Houma, LA32k residents

    76/100

    median home price: $205,900 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -6.6%

  2. 2.New Iberia, LA28k residents

    75/100

    median home price: $158,300 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +0.4%

  3. 3.Shreveport, LA181k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $178,900 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +0.3%

  4. 4.Alexandria, LA44k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $183,700 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +0.8%

  5. 5.Laplace, LA28k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $199,900 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: —

  6. 6.Slidell, LA29k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $217,700 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -4.2%

  7. 7.Bossier City, LA63k residents

    67/100

    median home price: $202,100 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +0.9%

  8. 8.Monroe, LA47k residents

    67/100

    median home price: $198,900 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -0.3%

  9. 9.Marrero, LA33k residents

    63/100

    median home price: $169,800 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +8.6%

  10. 10.Lake Charles, LA81k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $214,300 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +3.2%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Louisiana?
Houma, LA ranks first with a fit score of 76/100, followed by New Iberia (75) and Shreveport (71), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.