Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Lake Charles, 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 70601 1% rule Lake Charles, LA $103,062 $1,056 8.00% -9.4%
2 70669 Westlake, LA $183,704 $1,711 7.26% -3.5%
3 70615 Lake Charles, LA $142,789 $1,100 6.01% -3.9%
4 70661 Starks, LA $120,530 $927 6.00% -7.7%
5 70668 Vinton, LA $136,949 $954 5.43% -4.1%
6 70607 Lake Charles, LA $202,923 $1,337 5.14% -2.1%
7 70663 Sulphur, LA $184,209 $1,170 4.95% -1.1%
8 70633 Dequincy, LA $154,522 $927 4.68% -4.8%
9 70665 Sulphur, LA $238,815 $1,395 4.56% -0.5%
10 70605 Lake Charles, LA $273,937 $1,440 4.10% 0.8%
11 70645 Hackberry, LA $245,605 $1,260 4.00% -2.2%
12 70611 Lake Charles, LA $258,454 $1,268 3.83% 1.8%
13 70630 Bell City, LA $204,292 $945 3.61% -2.4%
14 70647 Iowa, LA $247,721 $1,089 3.43% 1.5%
15 70631 Cameron, LA $234,390 $1,017 3.38% 1.4%

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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