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10,886people live here $65,901median household income▼ 18% below US $1,443median rent per monthNear US average $221,000median home value▼ 34% below US

Timberlane 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 Timberlane

Timberlane is an unincorporated community in Louisiana with home prices that remain within reach and a population that has grown fast since 2020. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Timberlane deals with household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, larger class sizes than the national average, and a poverty rate above the national average.

The good

Affordable home prices
Fast-growing population

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
High student-teacher ratio
High poverty rate
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers

How Timberlane compares

Median household income

Timberlane$65,901

Louisiana avg$60,756

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Timberlane$1,443

Louisiana avg$1,064

US$1,413

Median home value

Timberlane$221,000

Louisiana avg$216,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Timberlane

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

To rent

$2,886

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $57,720 a year
74% of Timberlane renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$44,200

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $22,100
Homes cost 3.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,443/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,443 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $221,000. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $221,000 · 74% 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

Timberlane 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 around▼ 10% below US

23 min average commute

Commutes are reasonable, averaging 23.4 minutes. Nothing heroic, and there's still time left over for a life after work. 9 in 10 workers drive to work.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

87%

Carpool

6.5%

Work from home

2.9%

Walk

1.4%

Public transit

1.3%

Other

0.6%

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▼ 35% below US

23% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 23%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

2 public schools inside the boundary

There are 2 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (6 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Timberlane's strongest points are home prices that remain within reach and a population that has grown fast since 2020; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,443/mo) equals 26% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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