Metairie.
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Louisiana·Jefferson County
40 tracts·140K people·$328K median·6,033/mi²
White 64 · Hispanic 18 · Black 10 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 3 · Other 1
Married couple 40 · Living alone 39 · Other 21
Professional 38 · Retail 22 · Health 17 · Leisure 12 · Manufacturing 7 · Public admin 0 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 46 · Sales · office 21 · Service 15 · Construction · maintenance 10 · Production · transport 8
Drive alone 77 · Carpool 18 · Work from home 10 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Metairie is $327,500 (Census ACS) — 0.7× the US median of $458,812.
Metairie has 139,729 residents across 40 census tracts and 32 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 41.3; the population is 64.3% White, 18.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Black, 4.0% Multiracial, 3.1% Asian and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 41.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 12.5% (Census ACS).
Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies (94%), J.C. Ellis School (49%) and Rudolph Matas School (41%) lead the elementary schools; John Q. Adams Middle School (25%), J.D. Meisler Middle School (23%) and T.H. Harris Middle School (21%) lead the middle schools; Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies (94%), East Jefferson High School (24%) and Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School (12%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,175/month, 26% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Metairie is $73,042 a year, 15% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Metairie, median rent is $1,175/month and the median home value is $327,500 (Census ACS).
Summer highs average 91°F; winter lows average 48°F; there are 120 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 63 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Metairie are inland flooding (85), hail (78) and ice storm (77), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.07g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Metairie, 1.6% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).