New Orleans, LA (Louisiana) Houses and Residents

Back to: New Orleans, Louisiana main profile, Louisiana, Louisiana smaller cities, Louisiana small towns, Louisiana forum, All US cities. Total population: 484,674 (Urban population: 481,424, Rural population: 3,250 (all nonfarm)) Houses: 215,091 (188,251 occupied: 87,535 owner occupied, 100,716 renter occupied) % of renters here:   54% State:   32% Housing density: 1191 houses/condos per square mile Recent posts about housing in New Orleans, Louisiana on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users: New Orleans for someone with asthma  (14 replies) How dangerous is New Orleans post-Katrina?  (41 replies) How much Katrina damage is left in New Orleans?  (28 replies) Moving to New Orleans in October....hopefully  (8 replies) New Orleans residence advice  (11 replies) Wasn't New Orleans Bad Before Katrina?!  (107 replies) Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $133,700 (lower quartile is $89,600, upper quartile is $227,400) Median contract rent in 2005: $464 (lower quartile is $323, upper quartile is $613) Housing units in New Orleans with a mortgage: 49,885 (5,836 second mortgage, 3,298 home equity loan, 165 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 24,522 Median year house/condo built: 1953 Median year apartment built: 1953 Household type by relationship Households: 467,013 In family households: 377,375 (57,762 male householders, 56,186 female householders) 59,883 spouses, 148,322 children (139,498 natural, 3,191 adopted, 5,633 stepchildren), 23,809 grandchildren, 7,455 brothers or sisters, 4,070 parents, 10,165 other relatives, 9,723 non-relatives In nonfamily households: 89,638 (35,512 male householders (28,919 living alone)), 38,905 female householders (33,426 living alone)), 15,221 nonrelatives In group quarters: 17,661 (9,796 institutionalized population) Size of family households: 41,793 2-persons, 29,583 3-persons, 21,950 4-persons, 11,927 5-persons, 4,740 6-persons, 3,955 7-or-more-persons. Size of nonfamily households: 62,345 1-person, 10,200 2-persons, 1,275 3-persons, 459 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons. 46,251 married couples with children. 56,608 single-parent households (5,991 men, 50,617 women). 91.7% of residents of New Orleans speak English at home. 3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all). 2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well). 1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all). 0.2% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well). Foreign born population: 20,581 (4.2%) (49.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in New Orleans, LA: Less than $10,000: 280 $10,000 to $14,999: 374 $15,000 to $19,999: 416 $20,000 to $24,999: 758 $25,000 to $29,999: 639 $30,000 to $34,999: 1018 $35,000 to $39,999: 1659 $40,000 to $49,999: 4060 $50,000 to $59,999: 6797 $60,000 to $69,999: 7900 $70,000 to $79,999: 7897 $80,000 to $89,999: 7438 $90,000 to $99,999: 5503 $100,000 to $124,999: 7344 $125,000 to $149,999: 5434 $150,000 to $174,999: 3757 $175,000 to $199,999: 3018 $200,000 to $249,999: 3170 $250,000 to $299,999: 2076 $300,000 to $399,999: 2014 $400,000 to $499,999: 1156 $500,000 to $749,999: 1174 $750,000 to $999,999: 292 $1,000,000 or more: 233

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in New Orleans: Less than $100: 4575 $100 to $149: 4431 $150 to $199: 4133 $200 to $249: 6382 $250 to $299: 9636 $300 to $349: 11537 $350 to $399: 13264 $400 to $449: 10040 $450 to $499: 8346 $500 to $549: 6170 $550 to $599: 3928 $600 to $649: 2814 $650 to $699: 2395 $700 to $749: 1641 $750 to $799: 1319 $800 to $899: 1825 $900 to $999: 950 $1,000 to $1,249: 1524 $1,250 to $1,499: 603 $1,500 to $1,999: 494 $2,000 or more: 250 No cash rent: 4071

Percentage of workers working in this county: 78.2%
Number of people working at home: 5,028 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 3898 5 to 9 minutes: 13727 10 to 14 minutes: 24996 15 to 19 minutes: 35301 20 to 24 minutes: 32705 25 to 29 minutes: 11350 30 to 34 minutes: 29710 35 to 39 minutes: 3623 40 to 44 minutes: 3947 45 to 59 minutes: 11258 60 to 89 minutes: 7938 90 or more minutes: 5222

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 113,752 (60%) Carpooled: 30,459 (16%) Bus or trolley bus: 23,456 (12%) Streetcar or trolley car: 1,069 (1%) Subway or elevated: 44 (0%) Railroad: 31 (0%) Ferryboat: 353 (0%) Taxi: 850 (0%) Motorcycle: 239 (0%) Bicycle: 2,187 (1%) Walked: 9,822 (5%) Other means: 1,413 (1%) Worked at home: 5,028 (3%)

Household income: Less than $10,000: 39617 $10,000 to $14,999: 17991 $15,000 to $19,999: 15629 $20,000 to $24,999: 14131 $25,000 to $29,999: 13586 $30,000 to $34,999: 11874 $35,000 to $39,999: 10239 $40,000 to $44,999: 8701 $45,000 to $49,999: 7459 $50,000 to $59,999: 11432 $60,000 to $74,999: 12292 $75,000 to $99,999: 10802 $100,000 to $124,999: 5287 $125,000 to $149,999: 2633 $150,000 to $199,999: 2620 $200,000 or more: 4072

First ancestries reported:

• Other groups: 289231
• French (except Basque): 17955
• German: 16104
• Irish: 14101
• Italian: 12130
• English: 10733
• United States or American: 9836
• Subsaharan African:: 6272
• African: 5555
• Scotch-Irish: 2763
• French Canadian: 2226
• Scottish: 2121
• European: 2108
• Polish: 1835
• West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 1449
• Russian: 1411
• British: 1027
• Dutch: 870
• Arab:: 868
• Norwegian: 835
• Swedish: 792
• Greek: 643
• Jamaican: 633
• Welsh: 629
• Acadian/Cajun: 581
• Lebanese: 391
• Austrian: 367
• Croatian: 363
• Nigerian: 350
• Hungarian: 330
• Haitian: 311
• Swiss: 276
• Danish: 268
• Czech: 239
• Ukrainian: 231
• Lithuanian: 216
• Portuguese: 215
• Eastern European: 213
• Yugoslavian: 212
• Belizean: 195
• Belgian: 178
• Romanian: 173
• Canadian: 167
• Northern European: 156
• Arab/Arabic: 150
• Czechoslovakian: 149
• Other Subsaharan African: 143
• Australian: 140
• Iranian: 129
• Palestinian: 128
• West Indian: 112
• Brazilian: 111
• Ghanian: 97
• Scandinavian: 91
• Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 91
• Finnish: 87
• Turkish: 82
• Slovak: 81
• Syrian: 74
• Egyptian: 71
• Celtic: 70
• Guyanese: 67
• Armenian: 66
• Basque: 50
• Bulgarian: 45
• Latvian: 44
• Other Arab: 41
• South African: 41
• Slavic: 40
• Albanian: 38
• Barbadian: 33
• Bahamian: 32
• British West Indian: 30
• Zimbabwean: 27
• Israeli: 25
• Senegalese: 24
• Icelander: 23
• Slovene: 23
• Cypriot: 20
• Ethiopian: 18
• Serbian: 16
• Pennsylvania German: 14
• New Zealander: 13
• Maltese: 10
• Cape Verdean: 9
• Zairian: 8
• Other West Indian: 8
• Moroccan: 7
• Iraqi: 6
• Alsatian: 6
• Estonian: 4
• U.S. Virgin Islander: 4

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 375107
• Northeast: 12725
• Midwest: 14624
• South: 49253
• West: 9416

58% of New Orleans residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Louisiana.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 2,112
• Nursery to 4th grade: 1,216
• 5th and 6th grade: 2,491
• 7th and 8th grade: 5,712
• 9th grade: 3,917
• 10th grade: 6,877
• 11th grade: 5,522
• 12th grade, no diploma: 7,841
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 30,421
• Less than 1 year of college: 6,939
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 21,671
• Associate degree: 4,685
• Bachelor's degree: 19,859
• Master's degree: 7,577
• Professional school degree: 6,584
• Doctorate degree: 2,456

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 2,246
• Nursery to 4th grade: 1,199
• 5th and 6th grade: 2,948
• 7th and 8th grade: 6,266
• 9th grade: 4,240
• 10th grade: 6,590
• 11th grade: 7,744
• 12th grade, no diploma: 9,161
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 40,056
• Less than 1 year of college: 9,882
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 27,268
• Associate degree: 6,157
• Bachelor's degree: 25,352
• Master's degree: 10,864
• Professional school degree: 3,181
• Doctorate degree: 1,534

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.2%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 5.9%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 7.5%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 7.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.5%

Median household income in 1999 for:

• White non-Hispanic householders: $40,390
• Black householders: $21,461
• American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $29,267
• Asian householders: $30,269
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $26,750
• Some other race householders: $28,652
• Two or more races householders: $27,860
• Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $28,545

Median house value for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $138,500
• Black or African American householders: $73,700
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $83,400
• Asian householders: $92,500
• Some other race householders: $78,800
• Two or more races householders: $88,800
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $86,100

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 90,125
• One, attached: 32,185
• Two: 29,430
• 3 or 4: 20,704
• 5 to 9: 12,139
• 10 to 19: 9,106
• 20 to 49: 6,422
• 50 or more: 14,137
• Mobile homes: 738
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 105

Median worth of mobile homes: $52,500

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Louisiana:	15.5%

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Louisiana:	16.8%

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