Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Eviction Risk: Low

Plaquemines Parish scores 2.8/10 (Low) on the EvictionRiskMap scale, averaging across 9 tracked cities in this narrow corridor parish that runs south of New Orleans along the Mississippi River. For landlords operating in Louisiana, that average places the parish in the middle third of the state: 27 of Louisiana's 64 parishes carry higher risk, while 36 are rated friendlier to landlords. With an average rent of $1,427 and a rent burden sitting at 35.8% of renter income, tenants here are stretched but not at the acute financial edge seen in the state's hardest markets. The overall operating environment is manageable for investors who understand where intra-parish risk concentrates.

The internal spread of 2.3 to 3.2 tells a more nuanced story. That 1.1-point range across a parish with a total population of roughly 17,682 means the specific community you target matters as much as the parish-level average. Renter share is relatively modest at 28.7% of households, which limits tenant-pool depth but also buffers the vacancy and turnover pressures that drive risk scores higher in denser urban markets.

The cities inside Plaquemines Parish

New Orleans Station is the highest-risk community in the parish at 3.2/10, serving a population of roughly 2,307. Belle Chasse, the parish's largest city with 10,934 residents, comes in second at 3/10, a score still well within the Low tier. Both communities sit above the parish average and deserve closer scrutiny from investors evaluating individual assets, particularly because their combined population represents the large majority of total parish renters.

Further south, risk falls off noticeably. Port Sulphur, Empire, and Venice each score 3/10, while Buras and Boothville both come in at 2.3/10. The lowest-risk community in the data is Boothville at 2.3/10. The takeaway is straightforward: risk is hyper-local here, and a landlord holding units in Belle Chasse eviction risk is operating in a materially different environment than one holding units in Buras or Boothville, even though both addresses share the same parish boundaries.

State-level laws that apply here

Louisiana state law governs all landlord-tenant relationships in Plaquemines Parish under La. R.S. § 9:3251 et seq. (Louisiana Lease Law). For non-payment of rent or a lease violation, landlords must provide a 5-day written notice before filing. End-of-term or no-cause terminations require a 30-day notice. Once filed, an uncontested eviction typically resolves in 14 to 30 days; a contested case can extend to 30 to 90 days. The Louisiana eviction process costs landlords a court filing fee of $170 to $300, a sheriff lockout fee of $50 to $175, and attorney fees that typically range from $500 to $3,000, depending on whether the matter is contested. Understanding Louisiana eviction costs before acquiring property here is essential to accurate underwriting.

Louisiana does not require just cause for non-renewal, and the state preempts any local attempt to impose rent control, so there is no municipal rent cap that could constrain income on a Plaquemines Parish property. Source-of-income is not a protected class under Louisiana fair housing law, and the state does not mandate a specific notice period for landlord entry. These factors collectively support a predictable, landlord-accessible legal framework compared with higher-regulation states.

A poverty rate of 13.3% and a renter share of 28.7% characterize the tenant base here; landlords should weigh both figures when underwriting vacancy reserves and screening standards, and can review the city-level breakdowns in the grid above for a sharper picture of where those numbers concentrate.