Census-designated place · Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

New Orleans Station, Louisiana

New Orleans Station is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area. It has 2,307 residents. New Orleans Station, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 29 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,168 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #32 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), average weekly wage (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on job growth (low), natural hazard risk (high) and public EV charging ports (low).

29Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,168 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #32 of 262 in LA
Population: 2,307 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 443.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2255074

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety34#10,382/15,637
Economy34#10,280/15,631
Housing—
Health35#10,183/15,609
Healthcare21#12,331/15,650
Environment35#9,994/15,453
Education69#4,784/15,649
Infrastructure51#7,703/15,650
Community3#15,125/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,226/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where New Orleans Station, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Plaquemines Parish value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
100/100Louisiana 9.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Average weekly wage · high$1,790
96/100Louisiana $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPlaquemines Parish value
Comfortable days · high35.0%
95/100Louisiana 29.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPlaquemines Parish value
Property crime rate · low512 /100k
89/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationPlaquemines Parish value
Child care cost burden · low22.8%
85/100Louisiana 30.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlaquemines Parish value
Students per teacher · low11.9×
84/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsPlaquemines Parish value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-13.2%
0/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPlaquemines Parish value
Natural hazard risk · high98.9
1/100Louisiana 71.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyPlaquemines Parish value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Louisiana 1.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPlaquemines Parish value
Child poverty rate · high16.2%
5/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Food environment index · low6.3
6/100Louisiana 4.8United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlaquemines Parish value
Dentists · low22 /100k
6/100Louisiana 60 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlaquemines Parish value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,883 (2016-2020) → 2,307 (2020-2024)
−20%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
48.1% (2016-2020) → 61.4% (2020-2024)
+13 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
29.6% (2016-2020) → 36.2% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.8% (2016-2020) → 16.2% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
100.0% (2016-2020) → 95.0% (2020-2024)
−5 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.6% (2016-2020) → 19.4% (2020-2024)
+3.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare New Orleans Station, Louisiana over five years.

Cities and towns like New Orleans Station, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Orleans Station, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like New Orleans Station, Louisiana five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,307 residents (±654)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79†
60–69
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,307 residents (±654)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White48%†1,108
Black13%†300
Hispanic or Latino31%†709

Education

1,187 residents (±343)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma3.5%†42
High school or GED30%†356
Some college41%†492

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

714 households (±221)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k5.0%†36
$25k–50k30%†214
$50k–75k25%†175
$75k–100k8.4%†60
$100k–150k25%†175
$150k–200k1.3%†9
$200k or more6.3%†45

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

714 households (±221)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own0.0%0
Rent100%†714

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

606 households (±205)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50013%†77

Age of homes

1,001 homes (±218)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later3.5%†35
2000–200926%†258
1980–199938%†377

Size of homes

1,001 homes (±218)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio3.6%†36
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms11%†107

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,209 workers (±352)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone71%†854
Carpool8.2%†99
Public transit0.0%0
Walk7.9%†95
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.9%†96
Other5.4%†65

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,113 workers (±322)

New Orleans Station, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min57%†634
15–29 min13%†145
30–44 min22%†249

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Plaquemines Parish, the county holding most of New Orleans Station's residents.

Plaquemines Parish has 644 employer establishments, 287 for every 10,000 residents (1.16× the US rate of 248; 1.22× Louisiana's), with 8,089 paid employees at an average annual pay of $76,729. The Census Bureau also counts 2,422 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 644; 2,422 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 287; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 8,089
Average annual pay: $76,729; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Plaquemines Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	39	17.4	0.95×About typical	458	$21,194	18
Specialty trade contractors	32	14.3	0.92×About typical	275	$57,618	147
Architectural, engineering and related services	19	8.5	2.43×More than typical	153	$89,196	16
Construction of buildings	19	8.5	1.12×About typical	86	$41,012	65
Limited-service restaurants	18	8	1.00×About typical	216	$20,347	6
Ambulatory health care services	15	6.7	0.32×Fewer than typical	110	$76,236	69
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	15	6.7	2.52×More than typical	172	$24,262	24
Other amusement and recreation industries	15	6.7	2.76×More than typical	172	$24,262	20
Automotive repair and maintenance	14	6.2	1.24×About typical	74	$36,311	23
Building equipment contractors	14	6.2	1.04×About typical	92	$53,978	38
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	14	6.2	9.18×More than typical	215	$84,316	6
Full-service restaurants	14	6.2	0.81×About typical	182	$23,621	7

Rank places for an industry Open Plaquemines Parish

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,422 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in New Orleans Station, Louisiana: $1,551 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $3.6M; −35% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,551; US $2,007
Sole-source: 97%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$3.4M96%
Defense Logistics Agency$100.3K2.8%
Department of the Navy$36.1K1.0%
Department of the Army$6,8020.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$5,2790.1%
Department of the Air Force$4,5030.1%

Top recipients

COUVILLION GROUP LLC$3.4M95%
STRATUS SYSTEMS, INC.$100.3K2.8%
CARDNO TEC-LEIDOS, LLC$36.3K1.0%
CYPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC$12.3K0.3%
ATT MOBILITY LLC$6,8020.2%
GULF GEOEXCHANGE AND CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.

Spending by fiscal year

1.6MFY2017
5.2MFY2018
2.5MFY2019
1.7MFY2020
11.3MFY2021
6.9MFY2022
2.6MFY2023
1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$3.4M95%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$36.3K1.0%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$25.9K0.7%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$23.9K0.7%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$15.9K0.4%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in New Orleans Station, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

New Orleans Station, Louisiana's figures are part of those of Plaquemines Parish, LA ($43.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 8.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: New Orleans Station is mostly in Plaquemines Parish.

See federal money in Plaquemines Parish

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

New Orleans Station, Louisiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Steve ScaliseR-LA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Plaquemines Parish31100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New Orleans-Metairie, LA35

Other cities and towns in Plaquemines Parish

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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What changed in five years

Cities and towns like New Orleans Station, Louisiana five years ago that improved