New Orleans StationLA
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana. A town of 2,307 in Louisiana.
Is New Orleans Station a good place to live?
New Orleans Station’s best subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for walkability; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. 36% of residents are under 18 in New Orleans Station, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 24% and U.S. towns at 22%. No town in Louisiana scores lower than New Orleans Station on cost of living. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. New Orleans Station has 2 places on the National Register. New Orleans Station has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes New Orleans Station stand out
Where New Orleans Station beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Belle Chasse Academy | PK–8 | 773 |
96% of working residents leave New Orleans Station for work
Where New Orleans Station’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How New Orleans Station grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far New Orleans Station is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Caesars Superdome and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Orleans Station. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw25 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
9 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
3 mi National Historical ParkJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve227K visitors a year
9 mi MuseumThe Cabildo
21 mi LandmarkFort MacombPhoto credits
Caesars 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 · The Cabildo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Macomb: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5
Moving to New Orleans Station: who provides what
New Orleans Station is unincorporated, so Plaquemines Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in New Orleans Station.
Very high risk in New Orleans Station, with hurricanes at the top
70% of New Orleans Station’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 16%. This Louisiana town has had 71 paid flood insurance claims since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Orleans Station’s schools rank ahead of 85% of Louisiana districts
Its one school is below. New Orleans Station’s only public school teaches 773 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Chasse AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 773 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
New Orleans Station stands out in Louisiana and nationally, with the median age lower than most
People 65 and older are 1% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 36% of residents (22% statewide). 19% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana.
| New Orleans Station | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25.6 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 19% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.8 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| New Orleans Station | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 27.3% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 23.2% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 20.1% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.2% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 0.3% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 0.3% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 41.4% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.6% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.9% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.5% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
New Orleans Station has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average trip to work in New Orleans Station is 19 minutes. For most workers, New Orleans Station is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. Jobs here fell by 85 from 2013 to 2023, to 417. New Orleans Station: just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line.
| New Orleans Station | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
New Orleans Station has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 45° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Louisiana and the rest of the country, fewer of New Orleans Station’s adults have diabetes
For adults in New Orleans Station, the share who smoke cigarettes is 15%. No town among the 162 in Louisiana we compare has a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than New Orleans Station. Also worth knowing: the town beats the Louisiana average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| New Orleans Station | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 16% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 44% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 33% |
| What stands out | New Orleans Station | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.5% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 2.7% | 7.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 23.5% | 16.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of New Orleans Station is conserved land
2.2 miles of trail. New Orleans Station’s trail network density stands at 0.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about New Orleans Station
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of New Orleans Station
About 8 of every 100 New Orleans Station residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
About New Orleans Station
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse, unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve aggressor squadron and a fleet logistics support squadron, the 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW) of the Louisiana Air National Guard, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, a detachment of a Marine Corps Reserve light helicopter attack squadron, as well as other US Navy and US Army activities. The base has a 24/7 operating schedule to support both the 159 FW's NORAD air sovereignty/homeland defense requirements and for Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans search and rescue/maritime …
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- Elevation
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New Orleans Station’s neighbors
One town shares a border with New Orleans Station.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Station | — | — | D− | — | A | B |
| Belle Chasse | #18 | B | C− | — | A | B |
New Orleans Station has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Orleans Station and Belle Chasse report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Orleans Station with a neighbor →
Questions about New Orleans Station
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is New Orleans Station, LA a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.