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24,726people live here $51,718median household income▼ 36% below US $1,135median rent per month▼ 20% below US $220,300median home value▼ 34% below US

Terrytown is an unincorporated community in Jefferson 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 Terrytown

Terrytown is an unincorporated community in Louisiana with rent below the national average, home prices that remain within reach, 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. Terrytown deals with household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, college degree attainment below the national average, and a poverty rate above the national average.

The good

Rent below the national average
Affordable home prices
Average class sizes

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High poverty rate
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers

How Terrytown compares

Median household income

Terrytown$51,718

Louisiana avg$60,756

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Terrytown$1,135

Louisiana avg$1,064

US$1,413

Median home value

Terrytown$220,300

Louisiana avg$216,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Terrytown

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

To rent

$2,270

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $45,400 a year
51% of Terrytown renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$44,060

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $22,030
Homes cost 4.3× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▼ 20% below US

$1,135/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,135 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $220,300. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $220,300 · 51% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.0% county unemployment

Unemployment in Jefferson Parish is 4.0%, 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.

Jefferson Parish (county-wide)

Safety

263 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

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

Property crime 1921/100k · Policed by Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

27 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 27.1 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; 7% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

72%

Carpool

19%

Work from home

7.0%

Walk

1.1%

Public transit

0.8%

Other

0.4%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 47°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 39% below US

22% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 22%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

4 public schools inside the boundary

There are 4 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (4 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Terrytown's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,135/mo) equals 26% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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