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Cost of living in Sulphur, Louisiana

Sulphur, Louisiana has about 20,775 people. Typical rent is $994 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $61,760 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.

Ranked #29 in Louisiana on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $994 a month.

Sulphur is a city in Louisiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $61,760 a year.

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People
20,775
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$994
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$61,760
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$182,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,231
Lake Charles, LA HUD Metro FMR Area

Sulphur, Louisiana has about 20,775 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $182,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Calcasieu Parish is $1,231 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Sulphur. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Lake Charles, LA metro area, prices sit at 85.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Louisiana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 10.1% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Sulphur'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 Sulphur'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, 108 have higher typical rent than Sulphur.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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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.