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11,879people live here $75,828median household incomeNear US average $1,382median rent per monthNear US average $191,100median home value▼ 43% below US

Woodmere 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 Woodmere

Woodmere is an unincorporated community in Louisiana with home prices that remain within reach. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Woodmere deals with commute times longer than most cities, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, college degree attainment below the national average, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Affordable home prices

The not so good

Above-average commute times
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
High poverty rate
High rent burden for renters

How Woodmere compares

Median household income

Woodmere$75,828

Louisiana avg$60,756

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Woodmere$1,382

Louisiana avg$1,064

US$1,413

Median home value

Woodmere$191,100

Louisiana avg$216,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Woodmere

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

To rent

$2,764

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $55,280 a year
66% of Woodmere renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$38,220

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $19,110
Homes cost 2.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,382/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,382 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 $191,100. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $191,100 · 66% 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

Woodmere 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▲ 13% above US

29 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 29.3 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 7% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

75%

Carpool

10%

Work from home

6.9%

Other

5.2%

Public transit

2.3%

Walk

0.9%

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▼ 52% below US

17% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 26:1, above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (5 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Woodmere's strongest point is home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are commute times longer than most cities and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,382/mo) equals 22% of the median household income here, about the same as 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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