Sulphur, LA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Sulphur, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Sulphur sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 157
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $200,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $116
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $135,500 and $239,417

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 157 closed sales in Sulphur over the last six months, with a median closing price of $200,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $135,500 and $239,417. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 95% of the Sulphur closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 155 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $95 and $136 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Sulphur, LA (October 2026)

The median home price in Sulphur is $200,000, measured across the 157 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $135,500 and $239,417.

Where Sulphur sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Sulphur over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $135,500 and $239,417. Among the 28 Louisiana markets with a published band, Sulphur's middle-half spread ($135,500 to $239,417) ranks 13th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 42 days, across 122 Sulphur closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 36 days, across 117 Sulphur closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Sulphur angle

Sulphur asks for a careful balance. Thinner samples mean each comp matters more. A set of a few sales can move an answer substantially, so build from the closest matches you can find and be explicit about how much material sits behind the conclusion. When you need more, widen the closing window or the radius before you compromise on property type or size. The lower half of the band, from $135,500 up to $200,000, is the wider side. Treat $200,000 as indicative rather than precise.

Sulphur market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Sulphur ZIP codes: 70663.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Louisiana: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Louisiana homes, and most Louisiana estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Louisiana one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Sulphur address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Sulphur, LA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2273640
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 157
Median sold price: $200,000
Median sold $/sqft: $116 (155 qualifying)
Property mix: 95% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Sulphur over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.