ZIP Code 70605

In ZIP code 70605, near Lake Charles, homes carry a median value of $308,700 while households bring in a median $86,015 and per-person income reaches $47,735. Calcasieu Parish's 0.45% effective property tax rate works out to roughly $1,389 a year on that median home, a figure that sits comfortably against what residents earn. Sales tax across the area totals 5.00%. Buyers here face home prices that run well above the national midpoint, yet the county's light property levy keeps the annual ownership cost from climbing as steeply as the sticker price alone might imply.