Commercial Real Estate Market in Opelousas, LA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
43 active listings and 1,479 off-market properties in Opelousas, LA. Commercial property asks $74/SF to buy and $12.25/SF/Yr to lease (based on 3 listings).
Market Trends
Opelousas, LA spans 171.8 square miles in St. Landry County, Louisiana. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Opelousas, LA has a median asking sale price of $70/SF (based on 8 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Typical asking range for active listings in Opelousas, LA (the middle half): Sale $65.21–$87.74/SF (median $69.96/SF, 8 listings).
Retail
Retail space in Opelousas, LA has a median asking sale price of $88/SF. Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Typical asking range for active listings in Opelousas, LA (the middle half): Sale $71.73–$91.55/SF (median $88.36/SF, 10 listings).
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Opelousas, LA runs 7.9% across the South region in 2025, up from 6% in 2019. Nearly 2.3x the 2022 low of 3.5%.
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Opelousas, LA has a median asking sale price of $81/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 40.4%
- Mixed use 18.7%
- Commercial 14.1%
- Industrial 12.7%
- Planned_development 10.1%
- Open space 3.9%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Opelousas, LA zones 6,070 acres across 12 districts. Commercial zoning covers 14.1% of zoned land, residential 40.4%, open space 3.9% and industrial 12.7%. The largest single district is Single Family Residential at 29.1%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 26.9% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Opelousas, LA has 38,746 residents in 17,099 households. Density runs 226 people per square mile. Median household income here is $45,276 and median gross rent $764 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 35 active for-sale and 8 active for-lease listings in Opelousas, LA. The medians are based on 28 of the for-sale and 3 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or rent per square foot. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Zoning and land use
- The current municipal zoning release: 6,070 zoned acres across 12 districts. Shares are of zoned land, so parcels the release leaves unclassified are excluded from the mix.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at South region level, retail vacancy is reported at South region level and industrial vacancy is reported at South region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
