LA area data
Edgard, LA
Edgard, LA.
Population: 1,482 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 368.9 (+2.6% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 88.2 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 12.6¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $17.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Schools
- Total schools
- 2
- Elementary schools
- 1
- Middle schools
- 0
- High schools
- 1
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- hurricane, coastalFlooding, drought, lightning, tornado
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 69.0°F
- Average high
- 79.0°F
- Average low
- 60.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 65.0 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 36
- Days with Good air quality
- 320
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (30 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (4 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) (19 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 54
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.1 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 2
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.7 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,985
- Households with broadband internet
- 77.1%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 10,753
- Average weekly wage
- $1,392
- Top industries (by employment)
- Construction, Health Care, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 62
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