Lake Charles, LA investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Lake Charles, LA metropolitan area recorded 294 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 2,357 sales (13% of sales) across 75,763 single-family homes in 2 county-equivalents — 0.4 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 38% year over year (213 prior). Ranked #323 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Calcasieu Parish at 0.4 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Lake Charles, LAmetro area · Louisiana

🔥 #323 of 591 ranked US markets

Public-record counts · 12 months ending 2026-06-03 · compiled 2026-07-05

Investor purchases (12 mo)

294

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.4

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+38%

213 → 294 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

13%

294 of 2,357 recorded sales

Turnover

3.1%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

75,763

Where inside Lake Charles? County by county

Same counting rules at every level. Open a county to see its hottest ZIPs — that's the level you'd actually market at.

Calcasieu Parish293 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 13% of sales · 73,614 homes6 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
35	70601	Calcasieu Parish	64	0.6	22%	2.6%
42	70605	Calcasieu Parish	67	0.5	12%	4.5%
46	70615	Calcasieu Parish	20	0.5	27%	1.9%
64	70607	Calcasieu Parish	37	0.4	16%	2.7%
70	70663	Calcasieu Parish	40	0.4	12%	3.3%
97	70611	Calcasieu Parish	24	0.3	8%	4.0%

Cameron Parish1 investor purchases · 0.0 per 100 homes · 8% of sales · 2,149 homesno ranked ZIPs

No ZIP in Cameron Parish clears the ZIP ranking bars (500 homes, 30 sales, 15 investor purchases) — the county totals above are still real; the activity is just spread thin.

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