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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 1,241, 346 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $94,102, house prices in Dulac are some of the most affordable in Louisiana as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Dulac, accounting for 93.93% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Dulac include mobile homes or trailers ( 5.90%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Dulac. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 91.04% of Dulac's homes, and 61.55% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Dulac built from 1970 to 1999 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 Dulac built between 1940-1969 ( 29.51%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 22.93%). There's also some housing in Dulac built before 1939 ( 5.90%).
A decent proportion of the Dulac housing stock is seasonally occupied. That is, homes and condos in Dulac are occupied by people for a portion of the year - mainly for vacation purposes - and then locked up and left unoccupied for the remainder of the year as owners return to their primary residences. This characteristic of the Dulac housing market speaks to its popularity as a vacation location of choice.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Dulac, where house values have increased just 30.57%, which is annualized rate of 2.70%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Dulac appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Dulac's appreciation rate has been 2.39%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Dulac were at -1.64%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -6.40%.
Notably, Dulac's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Dulac's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
$94,102
for Louisiana
for nation
346
$1,379 / per month