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Metairie, LA

145,144 Population
23.2 square miles 6,267.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$43,318 ±$3,421 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $38,890 ±$1,188
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
$70,235 ±$6,162 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $62,373 ±$2,086
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803

20.3% ±5.8% (29,407  ±8,651) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.1% 170,853 (±1.6% / ±15,411)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 835,267 (±0.6% / ±28,512)

21.7 minutes ±0.5 (1,327,755  ±58,469) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.4 9,715,445 (±0.3 / ±142,938)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

60,811 ±3,168 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 403,456 ±4,337
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
2.4 ±0.1 (144,675  ±9,387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.3 944,478 (±0 / ±550)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016

6% ±3.5% (2,055  ±1,214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 6.3% † 14,431 (±1% / ±2,377)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)

Housing

66,195 ±3,388 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 467,937 ±1,096
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318

$329,800 ±$13,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $267,900 ±$5,382
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575

8.8% ±2.5% (12,641  ±3,716.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 10.9% 103,847 (±1.1% / ±10,062.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)

Social

89.5% ±3.1% (86,211  ±5,318.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 88.3% 601,145 (±1.9% / ±13,161.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
43.8% ±3% (42,188  ±3,582.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 34.2% 232,941 (±1.1% / ±7,268.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.9% ±3.2% (21,570  ±4,803) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 10.3% 99,829
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225

4.2% ±1.3% (4,552  ±1,442) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 4.8% 36,143 (±0.4% / ±2,913)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
4,552 Total veterans ±1,442 4,153 Male ±1,223 399 Female ±445

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