Belle Chasse vs New Orleans Station

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Chasse and New Orleans Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Chasse and New Orleans Station are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Chasse has the higher population (11,046 vs 2,414 in New Orleans Station). Belle Chasse has the higher median household income ($96,381 vs $54,375 in New Orleans Station). Since 2019, New Orleans Station's population has grown faster (-16.3% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
Population	11,046	2,414
Median age	38.4 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,381	$54,375
Median home value	$361,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,545	$2,010
Housing units	4,468	1,017
Homeownership rate	77.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
Population	14,024 → 11,046 (-21.2%)	2,883 → 2,414 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$66,653 → $96,381 (+44.6%)	$66,023 → $54,375 (-17.6%)
Median home value	$263,400 → $361,800 (+37.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,379 → $1,545 (+12.0%)	$1,491 → $2,010 (+34.8%)

Belle Chasse

Population

14,02411,046

Median household income

$66,653$96,381

Median home value

$263,400$361,800

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,545

New Orleans Station

Population

2,8832,414

Median household income

$66,023$54,375

Median gross rent

$1,491$2,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
Under 5	5.3%	14.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	23.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	27.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	18.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	0.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	0.4%
75 and over	5.7%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	35.5%
Black or African American	9.4%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
Drove alone	86.8%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.1%
Other means	0.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
1-unit, detached	79.7%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	29.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Chasse	New Orleans Station
Poverty rate	7.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1987	1997