Belle Chasse appreciation rates and housing market information

Belle Chasse housing market information

With 9,848 people, 3,561 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $246,300, Belle Chasse real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Belle Chasse home values aren't among America's most expensive.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Belle Chasse, accounting for 65.99% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Belle Chasse include duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (16.23%), mobile homes or trailers (9.44%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (4.16%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (3.62%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Belle Chasse. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 64.42% of Belle Chasse's homes, and 63.61% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Belle Chasse built from 1970-1994, 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 Belle Chasse built from 1940-1969 (39.09%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (13.37%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (13.37%).

Belle Chasse home appreciation rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Belle Chasse have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 82.89%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Belle Chasse house appreciation rate of 8.28%.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Belle Chasse home appreciation rates, at 0.40%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Belle Chasse's appreciation rate has been 0.07%, which annualizes to a rate of 0.28%.

Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Belle Chasse's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 43% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.