CITY PROFILE
Alexandria, LA
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Alexandria is a smaller metro with one of the more affordable metros in our dataset, making it accessible if housing costs matter to your budget. The mild climate brings moderate sunshine but also a wet climate, so expect humidity and rain as regular parts of the year. It's a quieter-scale place—good if you're looking to step back from bigger-city intensity.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $172K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,176/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 13.2°C · warmest 25.8°C · coolest 0.1°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 1153 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.12 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #286 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy96
- Affordable to rent88
- Climate comfort65
- Plenty of sunshine46
- Big-city amenities31
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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