Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Lafayette, LA (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 70560 1% rule New Iberia, LA $118,126 $1,281 8.46% -2.2%
2 70501 1% rule Lafayette, LA $106,340 $1,090 7.99% -4.2%
3 70544 Jeanerette, LA $91,123 $819 7.01% -3.9%
4 70542 Gueydan, LA $115,744 $927 6.25% -2.1%
5 70515 Basile, LA $106,200 $810 5.95% -3.9%
6 70528 Delcambre, LA $101,967 $765 5.85% -2.7%
7 70526 Crowley, LA $120,624 $828 5.35% -4.7%
8 70592 Youngsville, LA $281,014 $1,848 5.13% 2.3%
9 70507 Lafayette, LA $215,469 $1,349 4.88% 1.4%
10 70506 Lafayette, LA $210,883 $1,317 4.87% 1.1%
11 70517 Breaux Bridge, LA $181,212 $1,088 4.68% 0.9%
12 70520 Carencro, LA $213,269 $1,245 4.55% 1.4%
13 70510 Abbeville, LA $131,332 $765 4.54% -2.0%
14 70548 Kaplan, LA $132,474 $747 4.40% -1.3%
15 70582 Saint Martinville, LA $153,925 $855 4.33% 1.4%
16 70578 Rayne, LA $176,204 $950 4.21% 1.6%
17 70518 Broussard, LA $284,711 $1,529 4.19% 2.7%
18 70525 Church Point, LA $160,767 $855 4.15% -1.5%
19 70533 Erath, LA $145,518 $756 4.05% -1.4%
20 70508 Lafayette, LA $295,655 $1,399 3.69% 1.5%
21 70563 New Iberia, LA $195,044 $918 3.67% 0.7%
22 70503 Lafayette, LA $285,874 $1,321 3.60% 1.9%
23 70555 Maurice, LA $255,312 $1,062 3.24% 3.8%
24 70543 Iota, LA $185,946 $747 3.13% 1.1%
25 70583 Scott, LA $215,153 $855 3.10% 1.0%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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