Bolthole Index county-legal census · checked 2026-10-07
9 of Louisiana's 64 counties — 14% — allow tiny homes as a dwelling. That is the 15th-largest count of any state. The strongest of them on the Bolthole Index is Union Parish (74/100). Every entry below cites the county’s own official source.
Rules change, and cities inside these counties set their own — treat this as a verified starting point, not legal advice. All 547 counties nationwide → Louisiana: no zoning → Louisiana: owner-builder → Louisiana: rv living → Louisiana: no minimum home size → Full Louisiana profile →
From the Louisiana guide
Louisiana has a parish-level RV answer for 24 parishes: 10 allow the use, 13 limit it and 1 prohibits it; 40 remain unanswered.5 The first allowed entries are Union Parish, Avoyelles Parish, Webster Parish, Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, St. Helena Parish, Ouachita Parish; these are parish land-use answers rather than blanket clearance from sanitation, building or floodplain requirements.5121
Louisiana has a tiny-home answer for 9 parishes, all allowed, while 55 remain unanswered.6 The highest-scoring allowed entries include Union Parish, Avoyelles Parish, Webster Parish, Evangeline Parish.6 Use the RV living list and tiny-home list to find the local answer.56 We could not confirm statewide private-land RV or tiny-home occupancy permission; ask the parish planning office, or municipal planning office inside city limits, about the proposed residential use.
From the Louisiana guide, written from the cited official sources and re-checked by an independent reviewer. This is research, not legal advice: confirm with the office before you buy or build.
9 of 64 Louisiana counties · sorted by Index score
Unincorporated Union Parish: no county rule sets this, because Union Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one has not).…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗Unincorporated Avoyelles Parish: no county rule sets this, because Avoyelles Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one h…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗Unincorporated Webster Parish: no county rule sets this, because Webster Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one has n…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗Unincorporated Evangeline Parish: no county rule sets this, because Evangeline Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗Unincorporated Rapides Parish: no county rule sets this, because Rapides Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one has n…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗Unincorporated St. Helena Parish: no county rule sets this, because St. Helena Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗County land-use zoning restrictions on tiny-home occupancy outside municipal boundaries. This conclusion addresses county zoning only; state construction codes and sanitation re…
Zoning ordinances ↗Unincorporated Lafourche Parish: no county rule sets this, because Lafourche Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one h…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗Unincorporated St. Landry Parish: no county rule sets this, because St. Landry Parish has adopted no county zoning ordinance (Louisiana law lets some counties zone, but this one…
La. R.S. 33:4780.40 — Regulation authorized ↗Every county here has a full profile — water, land prices, hazard safety, seclusion, and the rest of its building rules. See the Louisiana state page for all 64 counties ranked, or go back to the national list.
Off-grid gear
Building on land in one of these Louisiana counties? The kit we'd start with:
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General guidance, not legal advice. Off-grid, building, and land-use rules are often set at the county level and change often. Verify with your county and state before acting. Data reviewed 2026-06-26.
