New Orleans, LA

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Climate

July average high

91°F

January average low

47°F

Annual rainfall

60.1 in

Annual snowfall

0.1 in

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from New Orleans Lakefront Ap (9 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How New Orleans ranks

• #8 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 81.8
• #11 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 86.4
• #13 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 77.0
• #35 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 53.9
• #43 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 53.4
• #48 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 50.5
• #59 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 38.2
• #86 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 33.8
• #95 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 5.7

Local facts

Median household income

$55,339

Median rent

$1,211 / mo

Median home value

$296,400

Median age

38.4

Unemployment

7.8%

Bachelor's degree or higher

42.0%

Poverty rate

22.6%

Renter-occupied homes

49.5%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

79

Students enrolled

50,016

Students per teacher

16.1 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

73.0%

Charter schools

97.5%

School districts serving the city

75

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Districts: Orleans Parish, International School Of Louisiana, New Orleans Center For Creative Arts, Voices For International Business & Education, Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle-Orleans

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

34.2%

No leisure-time physical activity

26.5%

Adults with diabetes

14.7%

Adults who smoke

15.7%

Frequent mental distress

19.4%

Sleeping under 7 hours

38.4%

Adults without health insurance

8.8%

Routine checkup in past year

80.3%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

81.3%

Share of city that is parkland

28.8%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

11.6

Median air quality index (county)

42

Unhealthy air days (county)

0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

83.5%

Households with no internet

12.7%

Average commute

22.7 min

Work from home

13.7%

Commute by transit

4.5%

Commute on foot

5.7%

Commute by bike

1.9%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Orleans Parish as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 23 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Hurricane: very high
• Lightning: very high
• Cold wave: relatively high
• Heat wave: relatively high

ZIP codes

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