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South · Louisiana · pop 370K

New Orleans, LA

Fit score

Fair match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in LA, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,211 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,148 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,679 left over.

Expect summer highs near 91°F, winter lows around 45°F, and about 216 sunny days a year.

There's plenty to do — roughly 38 restaurants, arts, and recreation spots per 10k residents.

Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.

AFFORD 95HOUSIN 32JOBS 15SAFETY 8CLIMAT 94AMENIT 79

The New Orleans fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,532/mo

Typical rent

$1,350/mo

Home value ÷ income

5.4×

Score breakdown

Affordability
95
Housing
32
Jobs
15
Safety
8
Climate
94
Amenities
79

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,180/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,350/mo
Median home value
$275,000
Median household income
$51,000
Population
370,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
4.4%
Job growth (1yr)
0.3%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
1,300
Property crime rate
4,900

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
91°F
Avg. winter low
45°F
Sunny days / year
216
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈6/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈150/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈7/yr
Annual rain
63"
Annual snow
0"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+66
Int'l airport
≈14 mi
Walkability
58/100
Disaster risk
90/100
Buying instead of renting? Louisiana's effective property tax runs about 0.51% of home value per year (≈$117/mo on the median $275,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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