Alexandria, LA Real Estate Market
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
- Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
- Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
Alexandria, LA Housing Market Trends
With 44,004 people, 17,095 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $194,052, house prices in Alexandria are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Alexandria, accounting for 71.70% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Alexandria include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 14.01%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.47%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 3.59%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Alexandria are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 51.43% owning and 48.57% renting.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Alexandria's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 44.86% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Alexandria include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 33.35%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 16.64%). There's also some housing in Alexandria built before 1939 ( 5.14%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Alexandria. Fully 17.95% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Alexandria homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Alexandria real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Alexandria Home Appreciation Rates
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Alexandria, where house values have increased just 31.64%, which is annualized rate of 2.79%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Alexandria appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Alexandria's appreciation rate has been 0.88%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Alexandria were at 2.37%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 9.82%.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Alexandria's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Alexandria differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Alexandria - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Alexandria real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
Median Home Value
$194,052
Average
for Louisiana
Low
for nation
Number of Homes And Apartments:
17,095
LA
America
2024 Q1 - 2024 Q2
2023 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2022 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2019 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2014 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2000 Q1 - 2024 Q2
Average Market Rent:
$1,332 / per month