Lake Charles Rent Report: June 2026

Welcome to the Apartment List June 2026 Rent Report for Lake Charles, LA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,163, after rising 1.7% last month. Prices and are now up 12.4% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Lake Charles rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.

The median rent in Lake Charles rose by 1.7% over the course of May, and has now increased by a total of 12.4% over the past 12 months. Lake Charles’s rent growth over the past year has has outpaced both state (0.8%) and national (-1.5%) averages.

Five months into the year, rents in Lake Charles have risen 4.0%. This is a faster rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to May 2025 rents had increased 2.5%.

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