Opelousas, Louisiana, is located in St Landry County, 22 miles N of Lafayette, Louisiana and 205 miles E of Houston, Texas. Opelousas has a population of 22,860.

Opelousas Homes

Opelousas properties pool is 8,803 residential properties including Opelousas new homes. Median age of real estate in Opelousas is 1966. Average Household size is 3.24 people. 5% are one bedroom homes, 26% are 2 bedroom homes, 55% are 3 bedroom homes, 12% are 4 bedroom homes, and 2% are 5+ bedroom homes.

Opelousas Mortgage Statistics

Opelousas mortgages vs. USA median statistics

Opelousas Area Real Estate Tax

Opelousas Real estate Tax: Median Real Estate Taxes (2000) were $199 comparing to 1999 Median Family income $ 19,966. Compare to USA median yearly Real Estate Tax $1,300 and USA median Family Income $42,000 (1999).

Opelousas School District: Children make up 30.3% of Opelousas population. Opelousas has 6,926 under 18 years old residents, or 1.15 kids per one worker, or 0.79 kids per one household.

Opelousas Real Estate & Opelousas Homeownership

There are 2816.96 or 32% one person households, 2376.81 or 27% two person households, and 1496.51 or 17% three person households in Opelousas, Louisiana. Median residents age is 33.8, Senior citizens (65+) make up 3,620 or 15.8%% of Opelousas population.

There are 6,048 workers (over 16 years of age) in Opelousas. Of these, 88.62% drive to work. Approximately 1.47% of workers in Opelousas take public transportation. An estimated 5.85% walk to work.

Median Opelousas homeowner's housing expences are 15.7%

Crime in Opelousas (2003), crimes per 10,000 residents per year

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