Beauregard Parish presents a valuation-versus-income tension. Zillow’s June 2026 median home value was $187,526, down 3.18% year over year, while the published median asking rent was $1,298 per month and the stated gross yield was 8.31% before costs. Buyers screening for current income and entry basis should investigate this divergence; buyers relying on appreciation should be cautious. FHFA’s repeat-transaction HPI is separate evidence: it rose 3.12% in 2025 and 23.68% cumulatively over five years. It is not a home value, and its method and vintage cannot be blended with Zillow into one trend.
The published rent is measured market asking rent, so it supports the stated gross-yield screen, not a promise of collected income. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR of $935 is a payment standard, not an estimate of asking rent and cannot replace it in yield work. The effective property-tax rate is 0.36%; test it with parcel assessments and the relevant tax treatment. No operating expenses, insurance, vacancy, management, debt terms, or unit mix are published, preventing a net-cash-flow conclusion.
QCEW reports 8,978 annual-average covered jobs at county workplaces, down 0.93%. This is neither resident employment nor unemployment; its covered-worker wage measure and the named Trade, transportation, and utilities supersector do not describe every household or the entire economy. Realtor.com MLS evidence shows 65 median days on market and 14.93% of listings price-reduced, while visible active supply increased. Those are marketing-time, seller-concession, and active-listing measures, not closed-sale prices or buyer demand by themselves. Tax-return migration was net negative 76, although inbound movers averaged $1,422 more income than outbound movers. Investor mortgages were 5.85% of 376 purchase mortgages, limiting what that measure says about all buyers.
Inland flood is the dominant hazard, and modeled climate loss equals 0.18% of building value annually; this county-level model is not a parcel flood determination. The record lacks closed-sale comparables, property flood-zone status and insurance quotes, rent by unit condition, vacancy, operating-cost detail, and financing terms. Those gaps prevent an asset-level insured carrying-cost, net-yield, and resale-basis conclusion; verify them before treating the county tension as a property thesis.