Population & Demographics
Metairie, LA
Metairie is home to 139,729 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 59,293 resident workers commute each day.
139,729 residents
Median age 41.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Metairie population & demographics
Who lives in Metairie — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Metairie
How Metairie breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Metairie
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Metairie.
These figures are for Metairie proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Metairie commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Metairie
59,293 commutes, one dot at a time
Metairie
Where 59,293 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Metairie, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Metairie.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Metairie’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Metairie
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).