Catahoula Parish, Louisiana Eviction Risk: Low

Catahoula Parish earns an average eviction-risk score of 2.4/10 (Low), placing it among the more landlord-friendly corners of Louisiana eviction laws. Ranked 58th of 64 parishes statewide, only 6 parishes score lower, meaning 57 carry more risk. For investors and landlords, that translates to a comparatively stable operating environment across the parish's 4 scored cities, with a combined tracked population of roughly 2,539 residents.

The intra-parish spread is narrow: scores run from 2 to 2.5, a half-point band that signals consistent conditions rather than pockets of concentrated risk. Average rent sits at $878 per month, and about 30.7% of households rent, so the tenant pool is modest but present. The Low risk rating reflects favorable state-law defaults, a small local court docket, and no local rent-control overlay, all factors that work in a landlord's favor.

The cities inside Catahoula Parish

The highest-risk cities in the parish are Jonesville and Harrisonburg, each scoring 2.5/10. Jonesville is also the parish's most populous tracked city at 1,288 residents, while Harrisonburg logs a population of 287. Even at 2.5, both remain in the Low-risk tier and present manageable conditions relative to most Louisiana markets, but landlords should treat them as the parish's leading edge of risk rather than its floor.

Sicily Island comes in at 2.4/10 with a population of 336, closely tracking the parish average. Wallace Ridge scores the lowest at 2/10, with 628 residents, and represents the most landlord-friendly operating environment in the parish. The half-point range between the top and bottom cities is a reminder that even within a uniformly low-risk parish, risk is hyper-local, and the specific city a rental property sits in will shape vacancy, collection, and court-filing exposure more than the county average alone.

State-level laws that apply here

All Catahoula Parish rentals fall under Louisiana state law, primarily La. R.S. § 9:3251 et seq. (Louisiana Lease Law). For non-payment of rent or a lease violation, the required notice period is 5 days. An end-of-term, no-cause termination requires 30 days notice. Uncontested eviction proceedings typically resolve in 14 to 30 days; contested matters can run 30 to 90 days. Understanding the Louisiana eviction process from the start is critical, because the combined cost of court filing fees ($170 to $300), sheriff lockout fees ($50 to $175), and attorney fees ($500 to $3,000) can accumulate quickly if a case drags.

Louisiana does not require just cause for non-renewal, and state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so Catahoula Parish landlords face no local caps on rents. For a full breakdown of allowable charges and tenant remedies, see the guides on Louisiana eviction costs and Louisiana tenant protections. Source-of-income discrimination is not a protected class under state statute here, and there is no separate state retaliation statute listed, though federal fair housing rules apply regardless.

With a poverty rate of 34.2% and roughly 30.7% of households renting, Catahoula Parish's low eviction-risk score reflects favorable legal conditions rather than a uniformly prosperous tenant pool, so screening diligence remains important; see the city-level grid above for score and population breakdowns across all 4 tracked cities.