Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Eviction Risk: Low

Pointe Coupee Parish scores 2.6/10 (Low risk) on average across its 5 tracked cities, placing it at rank 46 of 64 Louisiana eviction laws parishes, meaning 45 parishes carry more landlord risk and only 18 are more landlord-friendly. For investors evaluating this rural market, that ranking puts the parish firmly in the lower-risk third of Louisiana eviction laws, a profile consistent with a small, owner-occupied-dominant housing stock, a modest average rent of $801, and relatively contained legal exposure under state eviction law.

The intra-county spread is tight: scores range from just 2.6 to 2.7, so no single pocket of the parish carries dramatically more friction than another. With a total population of 8,201 across the covered cities, this is a small-volume market, and rent-burden pressure is real: average renters here spend 35.1% of income on housing, a figure that warrants careful tenant screening even in a low-risk jurisdiction.

The cities inside Pointe Coupee Parish

The highest-scoring cities in the parish are Fordoche and Morganza, each at 2.7/10. Fordoche carries a population of 934 and Morganza 600, making both very small markets where individual vacancies can move your occupancy rate materially. Their scores are still well within the Low tier, but they lead the parish on relative risk.

New Roads, the parish seat and largest city at 4,404 residents, scores 2.6/10, as do Ventress (1,166) and Livonia (1,097). Despite the narrow score band, risk is still hyper-local: tenant demographics, local housing court scheduling, and individual property condition all shape outcomes in ways the aggregate score does not capture. Landlords operating across multiple cities in the parish should underwrite each location on its own fundamentals.

State-level laws that apply here

All landlords in Pointe Coupee Parish operate under Louisiana state law. Under La. R.S. § 9:3251 et seq., the notice period for non-payment of rent is 5 days, and a lease-violation cure notice also carries a 5-day window. A no-cause end-of-term termination requires 30 days notice. Louisiana eviction laws does not require just cause to terminate a tenancy, and state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so no parish or municipality in Louisiana eviction laws may impose a rent cap. The Louisiana eviction laws eviction process, once notice has run, moves to court: an uncontested case typically resolves in 14 to 30 days, while a contested matter can stretch to 30 to 90 days.

Cost exposure under the Louisiana eviction costs framework ranges from a court filing fee of $170 to $300, a sheriff lockout fee of $50 to $175, and attorney fees of $500 to $3,000 depending on complexity. Source-of-income is not a protected class under Louisiana state law. Habitability obligations fall under La. Civ. Code art. 2696, and fair housing complaints are handled by the Louisiana Attorney General, Consumer Protection division.

With a poverty rate of 19.8% and renters making up just 24% of households, Pointe Coupee Parish is a lightly rented, economically strained market; the city-by-city risk grid above breaks down exactly where within the parish those pressures are most concentrated.