Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Orleans Parish has a population of 371,853 and has shrunk 5.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $315,700, about 5.6 times the county's median household income of $56,631.

Home price
$315,700
Income
$56,631
Population
371,853
Unemployment
7.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$315,700county
Median gross rent$1,251county
Median year homes here were built1960county
Share of homes built before 198073.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant20.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented48.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,664county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,331county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,113county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,701county
Home insurance / yr$5,986(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.3(statewide)
Median household income$56,631county
Family health premium / yr$23,190(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.581(statewide)
Poverty rate22.6%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.9%county
Unemployment rate7.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.1%county
Share of workers employed by government14.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.1%county
Economic output per resident$82,924county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.83%county
Top state income tax3.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax10.13%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service12 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport6537092county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station2.6 micounty
Households without a vehicle17.4%county
Traffic deaths30.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-8.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher42.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.6%county
Public schools in the county74county
Public school enrollment47154county
Students per full-time teacher13.2county
Free lunch eligible75.2%county
Elementary schools42county
Middle schools1county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above12county
Share of local colleges that are public30.8%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians112county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county8county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter7.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year24.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year21.1%county
Frequent mental distress19.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population371,853county
Land area in square miles170county
People per square mile of land2193.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores112county
Convenience stores62county
Share living far from a food store6.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract4.1%county
Population change since 2020-5.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age38.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.2%county
Share of households that are one person44.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.6%county
Second languages10.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls55.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents112county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-7county
Households that moved in10,107county
Households that moved away12,210county
Average income of arriving households$59,533county
Average income of departing households$67,377county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year882county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings76.2%county
Violent crime rate520(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature70.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation54.5 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.64 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F87 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing13 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days317 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJan 28county
Average first fall frostDec 11county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$136county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.0¢county
Household electricity use1,133 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity61.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas36.9%county
Homes heated by propane0.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband86.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk93.5county
Coastal flood risk81.2county
Drought risk56.9county
Landslide risk18.4county
Hail risk92.8county
Earthquake risk80.4county
Tornado risk71.6county
Tropical cyclone risk99.7county
Extreme heat risk97.2county
Winter weather risk84.5county
Strong wind risk46.8county
Wildfire risk48.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here2county
NFL teams based here1county
NBA teams based here1county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Orleans Parish directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Louisiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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