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Belle Chasse.

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10,934people live here $115,012median household income▲ 42% above US $1,485median rent per monthNear US average $410,000median home value▲ 23% above US

Belle Chasse is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, LA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Belle Chasse

Belle Chasse is an unincorporated community in Louisiana with household incomes running above the national average and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Belle Chasse deals with a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, very rainy, and a car-dependent commute, with few people using transit.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Average class sizes

The not so good

High rent burden for renters
Very rainy — 64" of rain per year
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Belle Chasse compares

Median household income

Belle Chasse$115,012

Louisiana avg$60,756

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Belle Chasse$1,485

Louisiana avg$1,064

US$1,413

Median home value

Belle Chasse$410,000

Louisiana avg$216,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Belle Chasse

Based on Belle Chasse's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,970

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $59,400 a year
57% of Belle Chasse renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$82,000

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $41,000
Homes cost 3.6× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,485/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,485 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices run above average, with a median around $410,000. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $410,000 · 57% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.9% county unemployment

Unemployment in Plaquemines Parish is 3.9%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Plaquemines Parish (county-wide)

Safety

293 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Belle Chasse doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 600/100k · Policed by Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

26 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 26.4 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

82%

Carpool

12%

Work from home

4.7%

Walk

0.6%

Other

0.6%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 89°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 45°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 17% below US

30% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 30%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15:1, close to the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (9 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Belle Chasse's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin and very rainy. A year of median rent ($1,485/mo) equals 15% of the median household income here, less than the 21% typical nationwide. Whether it fits comes down to the specifics: the neighborhood, the job, and what matters most in the move.

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