Marrero vs Metairie

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

Marrero 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 31,866 in Marrero). Metairie has the higher median household income ($73,256 vs $45,633 in Marrero). Metairie has the higher median home value ($308,900 vs $173,200 in Marrero).

Population, income & housing

	Marrero	Metairie
Population	31,866	138,995
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,633	$73,256
Median home value	$173,200	$308,900
Median gross rent	$997	$1,159
Housing units	13,858	65,791
Homeownership rate	67.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marrero	Metairie
Population	30,894 → 31,866 (+3.1%)	142,135 → 138,995 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$44,866 → $45,633 (+1.7%)	$59,346 → $73,256 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $173,200 (+24.9%)	$236,900 → $308,900 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $997 (+9.0%)	$952 → $1,159 (+21.7%)

Marrero

Population

30,89431,866

Median household income

$44,866$45,633

Median home value

$138,700$173,200

Median gross rent

$915$997

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)

	Marrero	Metairie
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.9%
75 and over	8.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marrero	Metairie
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	64.6%
Black or African American	50.4%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marrero	Metairie
No high school diploma	22.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marrero	Metairie
Drove alone	79.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.2%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marrero	Metairie
1-unit, detached	77.9%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	9.5%
20 or more units	4.1%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Marrero	Metairie
Poverty rate	22.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1974	1972