Metairie vs Terrytown

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

Metairie and Terrytown 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 25,844 in Terrytown). Metairie has the higher median household income ($73,256 vs $56,944 in Terrytown). Metairie has the higher median home value ($308,900 vs $212,000 in Terrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Metairie	Terrytown
Population	138,995	25,844
Median age	41.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,256	$56,944
Median home value	$308,900	$212,000
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,065
Housing units	65,791	9,794
Homeownership rate	61.8%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metairie	Terrytown
Population	142,135 → 138,995 (-2.2%)	24,953 → 25,844 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$59,346 → $73,256 (+23.4%)	$46,638 → $56,944 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$236,900 → $308,900 (+30.4%)	$162,700 → $212,000 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,159 (+21.7%)	$953 → $1,065 (+11.8%)

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

Terrytown

Population

24,95325,844

Median household income

$46,638$56,944

Median home value

$162,700$212,000

Median gross rent

$953$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metairie	Terrytown
Under 5	6.1%	11.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.3%
75 and over	9.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metairie	Terrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	26.2%
Black or African American	10.1%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	3.7%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metairie	Terrytown
No high school diploma	8.2%	16.5%
High school graduate	24.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metairie	Terrytown
Drove alone	76.1%	71.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	18.1%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metairie	Terrytown
1-unit, detached	60.9%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	17.2%
20 or more units	14.5%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Metairie	Terrytown
Poverty rate	12.7%	18.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1972	1977