Real estate · Small-town market · Louisiana
Real estate businesses in the Opelousas, LA area
How the Opelousas, LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #124 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 26
- 7 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $403.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,547 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 359
- 3.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 79% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,765
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Opelousas area spend about $403.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $12,547 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.6 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
There are 26 real estate businesses on map listings in the Opelousas area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Opelousas area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,893 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 166 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Opelousas area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Opelousas area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #124 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Opelousas area compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Opelousas area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 29.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 359 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,893 | 656 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,547 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $44,462 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 166Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 267 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Opelousas area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Opelousas area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,765−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,183
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $44,462+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,015
- Median home value
- $142,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,929
- Daytime population
- 72,446Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Opelousas area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bogalusa, LA | 66 | 15 | 8.5 | 345 | −0.9% | #72 of 536 |
| 2Opelousas, LA | 60 | 26 | 8.1 | 359 | −1.9% | #124 of 536 |
| 3Morgan City, LA | 60 | 23 | 12.5 | 244 | −5.3% | #125 of 536 |
| 4New Iberia, LA | 60 | 35 | 13.1 | 238 | −4.6% | #126 of 536 |
| 5DeRidder, LA | 47 | 32 | 23.3 | 143 | +0.2% | #298 of 536 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 45 | 37 | 17.8 | 163 | −0.9% | #321 of 536 |
| 6Minden, LA | 37 | 20 | 14.0 | 205 | −5.2% | #424 of 536 |
| 7Natchitoches, LA | 35 | 27 | 18.6 | 161 | −3.5% | #453 of 536 |
| 8Ruston, LA | 26 | 42 | 22.7 | 129 | +0.1% | #519 of 536 |
Other business types in the Opelousas area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Opelousas, LA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 real estate businesses in the Opelousas area. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 166 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Opelousas, LA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $403.8M a year, or $12,547 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 26 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.6 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,183 households in the Opelousas area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Opelousas, LA area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Opelousas area has 8.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 359, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Opelousas area would have about 93, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,893 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Opelousas, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Opelousas area at 80,765 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,183 households. Median household income in the Opelousas area is $44,462, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Opelousas area scores 60 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #124 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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