New Orleans, LA
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| | Metro Area (out of 45): | |
| | Healthy Housing: 32nd | |
| | Prior Rank: n/a | |
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| | Central City (out of 44): | |
| | Healthy Housing: 24th | |
| | Prior Rank: n/a | |
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| | Data source: 2011 American Housing Survey | |
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Location Summary
Positive Findings: Compared to the national average, New Orleans had fewer homes with evidence of mice, leaks from inside and outside, water supply stoppage, heating equipment breakdowns, and foundation problems. Dwellings within the central city were less likely to have signs of mice, foundation problems, or a lack of adequate kitchen facilities. Units outside the central city were less likely to have signs of mice, water leaks from outside, and water supply stoppages. Rental homes were less likely to have broken plaster or peeling paint, water supply stoppages, or foundation problems with the foundation. Owner-occupied units were less likely to have evidence of mice, water leaks, water supply stoppages, and heating equipment breakdowns.
Areas for Improvement: Compared to the national average, New Orleans had more units with holes in floors, evidence of rats, flush toilet breakdowns, room heaters without a flue, exposed wiring, rooms without an electrical outlet, and roofing, siding, and window problems. Central city units had higher incidences of holes in the floors, rats, room heaters without a flue, window problems, and rooms with no working electrical outlets. Dwellings outside the central city had more holes in floors, signs of rats, flush toilet breakdowns, incomplete plumbing, room heaters without a flue, exposed wiring, rooms without a working electrical outlet, inadequate kitchen facilities, and problems with roofing, siding, and windows. Compared to the national average, rental units were more likely to have holes in the floors, signs of rats, room heaters without a flue, exposed wiring, rooms without a working electrical outlet, and roofing and siding problems. Owner-occupied homes were more likely to have open cracks or holes in the floors, rats, flush toilet breakdowns, room heaters without a flue, exposed wiring, rooms without a working electrical outlet, and roofing and window problems.
Community Information: The New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner MSA is comprised of the Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany parishes, Louisiana. In 2011, the MSA included 460,246 occupied dwelling units, 34.2% of which were located in the central city of New Orleans. Of the cities surveyed, the housing stock of the MSA ranked among the oldest and had an above-average percentage of rental units. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked 26th (14.1%) for the MSA and 30th (38.0%) for the central city. The median house age in the MSA was 1972. The percentage of rental units ranked 28th-least heavily rental (37.2%) for the MSA and 19th-least heavily rental (48.0%) for the central city. Compared to other locations, New Orleans had a higher poverty rate. Its poverty rate ranked 41st (17.1%) for the entire MSA and 33rd (23.0%) for homes in the central city.