Home values, rents and more in Metairie, LA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Metairie compares
The typical home in Metairie, LA is worth about $319,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Metairie are 24% above the typical value in the New Orleans metro area ($257,000) and 13% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Metairie rose 5.4%, compared with +1.6% in the New Orleans metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,459 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% below the New Orleans metro area ($1,577) and 24% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $73,042, against $62,655 in the New Orleans metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 139,729 people live in Metairie (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Metairie has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 34 cities in the New Orleans metro area and the 14th-highest of 244 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Jefferson Parish, LA · New Orleans metro area · Louisiana
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.