Rayne, Louisiana.
Typical home $171,069 (+6.2% in a year), asking rent $950 . Lafayette, LA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$355 (+65%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,022 +6%
- $161,047$171,069 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $13,707 +9%
- $157,362$171,069 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Rayne$898
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 41 years.
Typical home values in Rayne, LA rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Rayne is a city of 7,236 people in Acadia Parish. Half its households earn more than $42,151 a year and half less, against $45,562 across Acadia Parish; 26% of its people live below the poverty line. 54% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 46% are rented. Unemployment in Acadia Parish was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 3.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Rayne is a small city in Acadia Parish where residents are younger than in much of the country, and where incomes run below the parish's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though renting is common too, and a typical home costs less than in many parts of the country. Most people have no four-year degree, and a good share of households live below the poverty line.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in restaurants and hotels, and in the building trades. Among the larger workplaces in Rayne are The Ellington of Rayne, a skilled nursing facility, and Brookshire Grocery Company, a supermarket chain. Unemployment across Acadia Parish is lower than a year ago, and the parish has more jobs than it did the year before. Few people work from home, and a typical commute is a fairly short drive each way.
Things to do. Bayou Wikoff, a river, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Lake Peigneur, a lake, and to the Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, a museum. Winters are mild and summers hot, and rain is plentiful through the year.
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- 2,748households
- 9%of adults have a degree
- 26%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Acadia Parish had 14,889 jobs in 2025, 3.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 42°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 74°. About 64 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Crowley Northeast weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rayne
- The Ellington of RayneSkilled nursing facilities120
- Brookshire Grocery CompanySupermarkets and other grocery retailers49
- RayneMail and parcel delivery25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 194 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of RayneRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Rayne’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Acadia Parish and the Lafayette, LA metro.
Rayne home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rayne$171,069
- Louisiana$213,867
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Rayne listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Rayne29.73%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Rayne45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Rayne10
Zip codes with a Rayne address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rayne — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.