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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 08/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
Among the 80 largest places in Louisiana, Luling has the highest average pay in its county ($97,088), followed by Destrehan and St. Rose. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.
Across the 80 places in Louisiana that we cover, the median is $62,320 and the average $61,160; the figure runs from $97,088 (Luling) to $44,133 (Jennings). That is a spread of 2.2 times between the two ends.
The first five are Luling, Destrehan, St. Rose, Belle Chasse, Laplace. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: read it together with the other measures on the city pages. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.
| # ⇅ | City ⇅ | County ⇅ | County average annual pay ⇅ | Population ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luling (unincorporated) | Saint Charles Parish | $97,088 | 13,960 | $76,539 | $1,625 |
| 2 | Destrehan (unincorporated) | Saint Charles Parish | $97,088 | 11,619 | $90,509 | $1,257 |
| 3 | St. Rose (unincorporated) | Saint Charles Parish | $97,088 | 7,644 | $74,075 | $856 |
| 4 | Belle Chasse (unincorporated) | Plaquemines Parish | $88,198 | 10,934 | $115,012 | $1,485 |
| 5 | Laplace (unincorporated) | Saint John the Baptist Parish | $72,947 | 28,343 | $69,030 | $1,351 |
| 6 | Reserve (unincorporated) | Saint John the Baptist Parish | $72,947 | 7,791 | $55,450 | $1,381 |
| 7 | Prairieville (unincorporated) | Ascension Parish | $71,805 | 35,238 | $104,923 | $1,324 |
| 8 | Gonzales | Ascension Parish | $71,805 | 13,108 | $75,451 | $1,497 |
| 9 | New Orleans | Orleans Parish | $67,626 | 371,853 | $56,631 | $1,251 |
| 10 | Addis | West Baton Rouge Parish | $67,548 | 7,252 | $108,041 | $1,273 |
| 11 | Thibodaux | Lafourche Parish | $67,112 | 15,732 | $52,072 | $960 |
| 12 | Bayou Blue (unincorporated) | Lafourche Parish | $67,112 | 12,218 | $63,958 | $1,107 |
| 13 | Raceland (unincorporated) | Lafourche Parish | $67,112 | 9,585 | $60,286 | $629 |
| 14 | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 222,771 | $49,994 | $1,067 |
| 15 | Central | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 29,783 | $89,554 | $1,309 |
| 16 | Zachary | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 19,952 | $84,480 | $1,527 |
| 17 | Shenandoah (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 17,998 | $107,021 | $1,201 |
| 18 | Baker | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 12,253 | $54,750 | $993 |
| 19 | Gardere (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 12,223 | $55,409 | $1,157 |
| 20 | Merrydale (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 9,490 | $41,500 | $1,311 |
| 21 | Oak Hills Place (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 9,038 | $92,306 | $1,422 |
| 22 | Village St. George (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 8,273 | $96,364 | $1,451 |
| 23 | Old Jefferson (unincorporated) | East Baton Rouge Parish | $66,778 | 7,860 | $92,075 | $1,357 |
| 24 | Metairie (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 139,729 | $73,042 | $1,175 |
| 25 | Kenner | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 64,904 | $64,020 | $1,179 |
| 26 | Marrero (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 32,540 | $41,402 | $1,042 |
| 27 | Terrytown (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 24,726 | $51,718 | $1,135 |
| 28 | Harvey (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 20,915 | $48,774 | $1,190 |
| 29 | Gretna | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 17,389 | $43,110 | $1,060 |
| 30 | Estelle (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 16,341 | $78,869 | $1,442 |
| 31 | River Ridge (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 13,312 | $84,336 | $1,127 |
| 32 | Woodmere (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 11,879 | $75,828 | $1,382 |
| 33 | Waggaman (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 11,330 | $68,374 | $1,510 |
| 34 | Timberlane (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 10,886 | $65,901 | $1,443 |
| 35 | Jefferson (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 9,703 | $57,235 | $1,097 |
| 36 | Harahan | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 8,904 | $79,516 | $1,082 |
| 37 | Westwego | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 8,335 | $46,261 | $1,049 |
| 38 | Bridge City (unincorporated) | Jefferson Parish | $63,803 | 7,297 | $57,031 | $1,281 |
| 39 | Houma | Terrebonne Parish | $62,320 | 32,392 | $58,194 | $1,058 |
| 40 | Bayou Cane (unincorporated) | Terrebonne Parish | $62,320 | 21,253 | $74,350 | $1,101 |
| 41 | Morgan City | Saint Mary Parish | $61,932 | 11,064 | $56,474 | $917 |
| 42 | Chalmette (unincorporated) | Saint Bernard Parish | $61,869 | 22,616 | $54,904 | $1,110 |
| 43 | Meraux (unincorporated) | Saint Bernard Parish | $61,869 | 7,918 | $76,021 | $1,055 |
| 44 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu Parish | $61,711 | 81,143 | $59,235 | $1,109 |
| 45 | Sulphur | Calcasieu Parish | $61,711 | 20,775 | $61,760 | $994 |
| 46 | Moss Bluff (unincorporated) | Calcasieu Parish | $61,711 | 12,482 | $92,036 | $1,324 |
| 47 | Prien (unincorporated) | Calcasieu Parish | $61,711 | 7,119 | $87,292 | $1,292 |
| 48 | Slidell | Saint Tammany Parish | $59,351 | 28,561 | $70,497 | $1,375 |
| 49 | Mandeville | Saint Tammany Parish | $59,351 | 12,946 | $94,405 | $1,422 |
| 50 | Covington | Saint Tammany Parish | $59,351 | 11,658 | $75,851 | $1,396 |
| 51 | Eden Isle (unincorporated) | Saint Tammany Parish | $59,351 | 7,683 | $78,426 | $1,328 |
| 52 | Lafayette | Lafayette Parish | $58,120 | 121,715 | $61,915 | $1,100 |
| 53 | Youngsville | Lafayette Parish | $58,120 | 17,427 | $105,876 | $1,278 |
| 54 | Broussard | Lafayette Parish | $58,120 | 14,322 | $116,179 | $1,010 |
| 55 | Carencro | Lafayette Parish | $58,120 | 11,619 | $63,401 | $944 |
| 56 | Scott | Lafayette Parish | $58,120 | 8,609 | $56,299 | $1,052 |
| 57 | Shreveport | Caddo Parish | $57,843 | 180,982 | $48,699 | $987 |
| 58 | New Iberia | Iberia Parish | $57,316 | 27,571 | $47,087 | $894 |
| 59 | Breaux Bridge | Saint Martin Parish | $53,750 | 7,501 | $47,806 | $891 |
| 60 | Bossier City | Bossier Parish | $52,165 | 62,901 | $55,819 | $1,107 |
| 61 | Alexandria | Rapides Parish | $51,777 | 44,060 | $47,113 | $931 |
| 62 | Pineville | Rapides Parish | $51,777 | 14,160 | $49,774 | $910 |
| 63 | DeRidder | Beauregard Parish | $50,147 | 9,763 | $59,801 | $958 |
| 64 | Monroe | Ouachita Parish | $50,059 | 47,004 | $40,505 | $886 |
| 65 | Claiborne (unincorporated) | Ouachita Parish | $50,059 | 13,308 | $72,420 | $1,206 |
| 66 | West Monroe | Ouachita Parish | $50,059 | 12,729 | $49,386 | $826 |
| 67 | Minden | Webster Parish | $49,290 | 11,455 | $34,294 | $895 |
| 68 | Fort Polk South (unincorporated) | Vernon Parish | $48,821 | 7,869 | $63,800 | $1,202 |
| 69 | Abbeville | Vermilion Parish | $48,191 | 11,003 | $33,015 | $829 |
| 70 | Opelousas | Saint Landry Parish | $47,117 | 15,495 | $32,964 | $717 |
| 71 | Eunice | Saint Landry Parish | $47,117 | 9,239 | $35,436 | $799 |
| 72 | Hammond | Tangipahoa Parish | $46,783 | 21,539 | $48,166 | $1,061 |
| 73 | Ponchatoula | Tangipahoa Parish | $46,783 | 7,808 | $51,161 | $762 |
| 74 | Ruston | Lincoln Parish | $46,245 | 22,284 | $31,120 | $816 |
| 75 | Denham Springs | Livingston Parish | $46,193 | 9,323 | $71,569 | $1,014 |
| 76 | Bogalusa | Washington Parish | $46,079 | 10,468 | $30,749 | $767 |
| 77 | Natchitoches | Natchitoches Parish | $46,001 | 17,577 | $37,133 | $802 |
| 78 | Crowley | Acadia Parish | $45,093 | 11,422 | $28,642 | $594 |
| 79 | Bastrop | Morehouse Parish | $44,568 | 9,232 | $32,605 | $839 |
| 80 | Jennings | Jefferson Davis Parish | $44,133 | 9,553 | $48,558 | $881 |
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Unincorporated places are census-designated places: they have no city government but are counted as communities. County figures describe the whole county where the city lies.
Luling, with $97,088 (among the 80 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).
The 80 largest places in Louisiana by population.