Harvey vs Metairie

A side-by-side comparison of Harvey and Metairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Harvey and Metairie are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Metairie has the higher population (138,995 vs 21,710 in Harvey). Metairie has the higher median household income ($73,256 vs $43,524 in Harvey). Metairie has the higher median home value ($308,900 vs $189,700 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	Metairie
Population	21,710	138,995
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,524	$73,256
Median home value	$189,700	$308,900
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,159
Housing units	9,391	65,791
Homeownership rate	51.5%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	Metairie
Population	21,054 → 21,710 (+3.1%)	142,135 → 138,995 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$41,559 → $43,524 (+4.7%)	$59,346 → $73,256 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $189,700 (+36.2%)	$236,900 → $308,900 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,196 (+20.0%)	$952 → $1,159 (+21.7%)

Harvey

Population

21,05421,710

Median household income

$41,559$43,524

Median home value

$139,300$189,700

Median gross rent

$997$1,196

Metairie

Population

142,135138,995

Median household income

$59,346$73,256

Median home value

$236,900$308,900

Median gross rent

$952$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey	Metairie
Under 5	6.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.9%
75 and over	5.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	Metairie
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	64.6%
Black or African American	43.8%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.7%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	Metairie
No high school diploma	15.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	Metairie
Drove alone	81.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.5%
Public transit	2.9%	0.7%
Walked	1.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.2%	10.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	Metairie
1-unit, detached	59.6%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	9.5%
20 or more units	4.5%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	Metairie
Poverty rate	27.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1974	1972