Plaquemines Parish presents a tension between reported income yield and a soft, hurricane-exposed resale setting. Zillow’s county median home value was $278,113 in 2026-06, down 1.90% year over year; FHFA’s repeat-transaction HPI fell 1.84% in its separate 2025 annual observation. The measures point in the same direction but have different methods and periods and cannot be merged. Income-focused buyers should investigate property-specific durability; resale-sensitive or thin-reserve buyers should be cautious.
The published median asking rent is $2,125 per month, with a reported 9.17% gross yield before operating costs. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not an estimate of asking rent, and no yield is inferred from it. Effective property tax is 0.50%. These inputs support only a preliminary carrying-cost screen: price, rent and taxes do not capture insurance, repairs, vacancy, management or hurricane-related costs.
Realtor.com’s 2026-06 MLS evidence shows 22.57% of listings with price reductions, a seller-concession signal; as listing-market evidence, it is neither a closed-sale price nor proof of buyer demand. QCEW’s 2025 annual covered workplace employment rose 6.95%; Trade, transportation, and utilities was the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy. Net tax-return migration was -58, and departing households reported higher average AGI than arrivals. Non-occupant mortgage purchases were 6.94% of 173 purchases, recording financed investor participation rather than all investor activity or bidding pressure.
Modeled expected annual climate loss is 0.49% of building value, consistent with the named hurricane hazard, but it is not a property-specific loss or insurance quote. Missing insurance premiums and deductibles, elevation, flood-zone and mitigation data prevent net-yield underwriting. Missing closed-sale comps, lease concessions, vacancy, condition and financing terms prevent a reliable entry-price, rent-durability or exit-liquidity conclusion. Those are the next property-level checks; county evidence should not substitute for them.