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Cost of living in Lake Providence, Louisiana

Lake Providence, Louisiana has about 3,349 people. Typical rent is $606 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $27,580 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $606 a month.

Lake Providence is a town in Louisiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $27,580 a year.

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People
3,349
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$606
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$27,580
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$115,600
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$892
East Carroll Parish, LA

Lake Providence, Louisiana has about 3,349 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $115,600.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in East Carroll Parish is $892 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lake Providence. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Louisiana's prices sit at 88.2 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Louisiana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 10.1% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Lake Providence's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Louisiana home paid 12.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lake Providence's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Louisiana in the table we use.

Among 240 places we list in Louisiana with a rent figure, 218 have higher typical rent than Lake Providence.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.