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Desire Area neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), 70126 detailed profile


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Area: 1.832 square miles

Population: 5,600

Population density:
Desire Area:

3,057 people per square mile
New Orleans:

2,048 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 4,85775.1%Black
    • 5458.4%Some other race
    • 3705.7%Hispanic or Latino
    • 3124.8%White
    • 1923.0%Asian
    • 1582.4%Two or more races
    • 350.5%American Indian
Age and Sex of Residents in Desire Area in New Orleans, LA

  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 181Less than $10,000
  • 390$10,000 to $19,999
  • 257$20,000 to $29,999
  • 326$30,000 to $39,999
  • 309$40,000 to $49,999
  • 59$50,000 to $59,999
  • 123$60,000 to $74,999
  • 539$75,000 to $99,999
  • 463$100,000 to $124,999
  • 234$125,000 to $149,999
  • 51$150,000 to $199,999
  • 46$200,000 or more

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 296Less than $50,000
  • 568$50,000 to $99,999
  • 334$100,000 to $149,999
  • 403$150,000 to $199,999
  • 342$200,000 to $249,999
  • 224$250,000 to $299,999
  • 334$300,000 to $399,999
  • 64$400,000 to $499,999
  • 48$500,000 to $749,999
  • 24$750,000 to $999,999
  • 67$1,000,000 or more

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 155Less than $100
  • 36$100 to $199
  • 601$200 to $299
  • 30$300 to $399
  • 194$400 to $499
  • 238$500 to $599
  • 268$600 to $699
  • 177$700 to $799
  • 123$800 to $899
  • 127$900 to $999
  • 676$1,000 to $1,249
  • 649$1,250 to $1,499
  • 16$1,500 to $1,999
  • 15$2,000 or more
Zip codes: 70126.

Males:

2,730
Females:

2,869
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

33.2 years
Whole city:

38.0 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

40.3 years
Whole city:

39.6 years

Average household size:
Desire Area:

2.8 people
New Orleans:

2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
Desire Area:

34.8%
New Orleans:

34.9%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:

27.6%
New Orleans:

30.2%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Desire Area:

6.2%
New Orleans:

20.6%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Desire Area:

59.7%
New Orleans:

18.0%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Desire Area:

13.5%
New Orleans:

24.2%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Desire Area:

27.9%
city:

24.4%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Desire Area:

0.0%
New Orleans:

1.2%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

69.5%
New Orleans:

68.4%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Desire Area:

27.6%
New Orleans:

24.9%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:

0.4%
city:

0.7%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

2.6%
New Orleans:

6.0%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Desire Area
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Desire Area
  • 01 room
  • 42 rooms
  • 773 rooms
  • 794 rooms
  • 5175 rooms
  • 4596 rooms
  • 2017 rooms
  • 708 rooms
  • 1089+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Desire Area
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Desire Area
  • 1301 room
  • 622 rooms
  • 3053 rooms
  • 5854 rooms
  • 2385 rooms
  • 1246 rooms
  • 4857 rooms
  • 118 rooms
  • 569+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Desire Area
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Desire Area
  • 0no bedroom
  • 1061 bedroom
  • 1582 bedrooms
  • 8553 bedrooms
  • 4114 bedrooms
  • 875+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Desire Area
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Desire Area
  • 130no bedroom
  • 3631 bedroom
  • 1992 bedrooms
  • 2473 bedrooms
  • 3874 bedrooms
  • 845+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:

1.9
New Orleans:

1.7

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here:

1.0
city:

1.0

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Desire Area:

52.8%
New Orleans:

57.2%

Average estimated value of detached houses in 2022 (83.5% of all units):
Desire Area:

$238,962
New Orleans:

$360,906

Year house built in Desire Area
  • Year house built in Desire Area
  • 392020 or later
  • 4552010 to 2019
  • 3552000 to 2009
  • 571990 to 1999
  • 1621980 to 1989
  • 1551970 to 1979
  • 1321960 to 1969
  • 7691950 to 1959
  • 8721940 to 1949
  • 4931939 or earlier
Owners and renters by unit type

City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City:

725.9
U.S. average:

219.5

  • Travel time to work (commute)

  • Travel time to work (commute)
  • 554Less than 5 minutes
  • 4125 to 9 minutes
  • 35510 to 14 minutes
  • 54715 to 19 minutes
  • 47220 to 24 minutes
  • 19325 to 29 minutes
  • 54730 to 34 minutes
  • 12135 to 39 minutes
  • 1840 to 44 minutes
  • 24645 to 59 minutes
  • 6860 to 89 minutes
  • 12890 or more minutes

  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 88.1%1,667Drove a car alone
  • 33.3%630Carpooled
  • 17.3%327Bus
  • 7.5%142Taxi
  • 0.6%11Motorcycle
  • 6.6%124Bicycle
  • 1.0%19Walked
  • 16.1%304Other means
  • 5.1%96Worked at home

  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 13212:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
  • 475:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 185:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 1426:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 6866:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 4167:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 6877:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 2238:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 1068:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 1799:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 8510:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 7411:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 22012:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 3904:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

  • Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    30.3%
    city:

    11.7%

  • Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    9.8%
    city:

    5.1%

  • Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    3.3%
    city:

    4.0%

  • Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    19.1%
    city:

    1.5%

  • Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    1.8%
    city:

    4.7%

  • Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    13.4%
    city:

    3.9%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    19.8%
    city:

    19.5%

  • Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    8.0%
    city:

    13.1%

  • Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    13.8%
    city:

    7.7%

  • Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    3.7%
    city:

    5.6%

  • Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    3.7%
    city:

    3.6%


Occupations of females:

  • Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    28.0%
    city:

    10.8%

  • Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    12.5%
    city:

    5.5%

  • Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    21.7%
    city:

    10.9%

  • Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    1.4%
    city:

    3.1%

  • Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    4.1%
    city:

    9.7%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    8.2%
    city:

    22.2%

  • Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    15.3%
    city:

    23.7%

  • Percentage of females in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    9.2%
    city:

    1.1%


Percentage of people 16-64 in Armed Forces:
Desire Area:

0.0%
New Orleans:

0.7%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    Desire Area:

    72.4%
    New Orleans:

    15.4%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    Desire Area:

    11.3%
    New Orleans:

    6.1%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    Desire Area:

    1.4%
    New Orleans:

    3.0%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    Desire Area:

    27.6%
    New Orleans:

    20.6%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Desire Area:

26.6%
New Orleans:

22.2%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Desire Area:

2001
New Orleans:

2008

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Desire Area:

2012
New Orleans:

2019

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Desire Area:

123.7%
New Orleans:

75.0%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 64.3%Electricity
  • 29.4%Utility gas
  • 3.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.4%Other fuel
  • 1.4%No fuel used

Limited-access highways (interstate or state) in this neighborhood:

I- 10 (Pontchartrain Expy)

Length: 2.90 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE

Highways in this neighborhood:

US Hwy 90 (Chef Menteur Hwy)

Length: 0.73 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 4954 to 5299

Roads and streets:

Almonaster Ave

Length: 3.87 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 3300 to 3398

Louisa St

Length: 2.82 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2700 to 4249

France Rd

Length: 2.23 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2700 to 4065

Higgins Blvd

Length: 2.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 2895 to 3199

Alvar St

Length: 1.71 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 3712 to 4099

Metropolitan St

Length: 1.19 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2700 to 4199

Old Gentilly Rd

Length: 1.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 4000 to 5199

Florida Ave

Length: 0.84 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 3231 to 4199

Piety St

Length: 0.70 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2700 to 3699

Chickasaw St

Length: 0.70 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 2801 to 3699

Abundance St

Length: 0.65 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2800 to 3299

St Ferdinand St

Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 3000 to 4199

Clouet St

Length: 0.61 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2700 to 3499

Benefit St

Length: 0.60 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2900 to 3299

Desire Pkwy

Length: 0.57 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3600 to 4099

Feliciana St

Length: 0.57 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2800 to 3429

Montegut St

Length: 0.54 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3000 to 3399

Press St

Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 2900 to 3417

Press Ct

Length: 0.53 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2906 to 3208

Industry St

Length: 0.53 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 3030 to 3299

Pleasure St

Length: 0.34 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 3000 to 3299

Humanity St

Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2900 to 3299

Hiawatha St

Length: 0.30 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2800 to 3199

Pocahontas St

Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2800 to 3099

France Road Pkwy

Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 4250 to 4498

Tecumseh St

Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 2800 to 3299

Powhattan St

Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 2800 to 3299

Iroquois St

Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 3800 to 4299

Edna St

Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2700 to 2899

Liberty Ter

Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 100 to 227

Gordon Plaza Dr

Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Mc Farland St

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3900 to 4099

Lafreniere St

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 3150 to 3299

Treasure St

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 3000 to 3299

Buick St (Ford St)

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3800 to 3999

Velie St

Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3916 to 4099

Packard St

Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3800 to 3999

Clover St

Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 3200 to 3299

Acacia St

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W

Myrtle St

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 3200 to 3299

Buick St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 4000 to 4099

Stutz St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 4000 to 4099

Simmons Dr

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 200 to 310

Elder St

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 3200 to 3299

Agriculture Pl

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 11

Marcus Christian Cir

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 14

Vision Dr

Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 13

Railroad features:

Louisville and Nashville RR

Length: 3.40 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE

Southern Rlwy

Length: 2.75 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW

Gulf Mobile and Ohio RR

Length: 1.79 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE

New Orleans Public Belt RR

Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW

Other features:

Florida Av Cnl

Length: 1.02 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
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