Louisiana · CITY REPORT
Lake Charles
Cool signals, limited near-term momentum. Population -1.0% since 2020 across 84k residents.
30d
▲ +0.7 pts
90d
▼ -3.2 pts
12m
▼ -5.2 pts
0
/ 100
Why this score
Lake Charles scores 9 / 100 — softening over the last 90 days (-3.2 pts) and -5.2 pts over 12 months.
- 01Drag comes from permit activity, sale price momentum, and business opening velocity (-23.1 pts vs. neutral).
Score attribution
Each signal pushes the score above or below the neutral 50 baseline. Bars sum to 9 − 50 = -41 points.
Review Velocity
10% · score 15
-3.5
pts vs. 50
Coffee Density Change
10% · score 8
-4.2
pts vs. 50
311 Complaint Trend
10% · score 5
-4.5
pts vs. 50
Income Shift
15% · score 15
-5.3
pts vs. 50
Business Opening Velocity
15% · score 5
-6.8
pts vs. 50
Sale Price Momentum
20% · score 13
-7.4
pts vs. 50
Permit Activity
20% · score 5
-9.0
pts vs. 50
Composite Heat Score
9
Signal deep-dive
For each input: current value, trend vs. prior period, and the specific events behind the move.
24-month Heat Score history
Composite score recomputed monthly from the same 7 inputs.
How this score is computed
Weighted average of seven 0–100 normalized signals. Each signal is normalized against the city cohort, then combined with the weights below.
Formula
score = 20%·permits + 20%·price + 15%·business + 15%·income + 10%·coffee + 10%·reviews + 10%·complaints
Signals are clipped at the 5/95th percentile before normalization to reduce outlier influence.
Comparable cities
Closest signal profile across the same 7 inputs.
Representative inventorydemo
$1,572,268
Multifamily4 bd · 1 ba · 2,042 sqft
Lake Charles, LA
$714,021
Condo1 bd · 1 ba · 1,184 sqft
Lake Charles, LA
$1,705,773
Single-family2 bd · 1 ba · 2,176 sqft
Lake Charles, LA
$847,526
Townhouse3 bd · 1 ba · 1,318 sqft
Lake Charles, LA
Sample inventory shown for layout illustration. Click any source above to see live listings on that platform.
City populations: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 decennial (rounded). Growth: synthesized from state-level 2020-2024 trends, modulated by city tier — placeholder until per-city ACS feed is wired in. · Not investment advice. Predictive scoring is experimental.