Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,858, incorporated in 1974.
The best of Jean Lafitte’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 5 of Louisiana’s 255 towns do worse. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. No town among the 52 in Louisiana we compare has a lower violent crime rate than Jean Lafitte. Jean Lafitte has 1 place on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park, at 164 acres. Jean Lafitte's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns. Jean Lafitte has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Coastal flooding makes up 37% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Jean Lafitte is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 936 in 1980, 1,809 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1972 and 4 maps from 1892 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jean Lafitte. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw30 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
13 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
in town National Historical ParkJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve227K visitors a year
38 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
28 mi LandmarkFort MacombCaesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: No machine-readable author provided. Jan Kronsell assumed (based on copyright cl, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Macomb: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jean Lafitte, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Jean Lafitte.
Jean Lafitte’s FEMA risk score is 100 of 100, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 88 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Since 1982, 675 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Jean Lafitte.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Jefferson Parish school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 360 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
29% of Jean Lafitte adults have been diagnosed with depression, above both Louisiana’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (23%). 19% of Jean Lafitte adults binge drink. Jean Lafitte beats the Louisiana average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Jean Lafitte | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| What stands out | Jean Lafitte | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.8% | 12.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.6% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Jean Lafitte for work: only 7% work in town. Jean Lafitte’s average trip to work is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Jean Lafitte has lost 100 jobs, to 190 in 2023.
| Jean Lafitte | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Jean Lafitte has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Jean Lafitte is 91°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jean Lafitte's reported crime rate is well below Louisiana's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2023.
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
The typical Jean Lafitte home is worth about $205,000, down 3.3% in a year, close to the Louisiana typical home. 85% of households own their home in Jean Lafitte.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Jean Lafitte | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park | 0.8 mi | 164 |
| 2. Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve - Barataria Preserve Unit | — | 22 |
| 3. Rosethorne Playground | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
7 within 15 miles of the center of Jean Lafitte
About 9 of every 100 Jean Lafitte residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Where Jean Lafitte’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Louisiana, United States
Jean Lafitte ( JEEN lə-FEET) is a town on Bayou Barataria in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in Jefferson Parish, it is named after the privateer Jean Lafitte. The population was 1,809 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
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2 towns share a border with Jean Lafitte.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Lafitte | — | — | B+ | — | B | D |
| Barataria | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lafitte | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Jean Lafitte has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jean Lafitte reports no FBI crime data of its own. Barataria and Lafitte aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Jean Lafitte with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
