Zip lookup · LA

70040
Braithwaite, Louisiana.

Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, LA · New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro · population 1,056

What it costs per month · 70040 $987/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$43 (+5%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $3,544 -2%
$191,607$188,063 since Sep 2025
5 years
Down $53,250 -22%
$241,313$188,063 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 70040 $987 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 70040$987
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.

Typical home values in zip 70040 fell 1.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Plaquemines Parish, LA 99% · Saint Bernard Parish, LA 1%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Braithwaite, LA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $188,063 as of Sep 2026
-1.8%year on year

Typical home value — 70040

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 70040 $188,063 New Orleans $257,067 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 70040$188,063
  • New Orleans$257,067
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
5.9 70037 Belle Chasse 16,639 $2,058 $335,183
10.0 70092 Violet 6,936 — $169,955
10.5 70085 Saint Bernard 4,736 — $178,347
10.6 70131 New Orleans 25,151 $1,462 $211,169
11.1 70056 Gretna 40,348 $1,498 $245,421
11.1 70067 Lafitte 2,754 — $209,017
11.6 70058 Harvey 39,578 $1,285 $228,153
12.0 70075 Meraux 5,392 — $240,456
13.2 70072 Marrero 55,693 $1,683 $220,661
13.3 70053 Gretna 16,621 $1,622 $209,574
14.0 70043 Chalmette 22,638 $1,404 $215,301
14.0 70114 New Orleans 22,659 $1,458 $162,310
14.0 70032 Arabi 4,625 $1,338 $228,832
15.1 70130 New Orleans 12,560 $1,794 $440,771
15.7 70115 New Orleans 31,183 $1,679 $525,205
15.9 70117 New Orleans 25,652 $1,502 $170,788
16.0 70113 New Orleans 9,387 $2,486 $224,979
16.5 70112 New Orleans 3,490 $1,739 $332,460
16.7 70116 New Orleans 10,404 $1,675 $307,335
16.8 70083 Port Sulphur 2,317 — $135,509
17.2 70125 New Orleans 17,821 $1,691 $277,280
17.7 70118 New Orleans 36,072 $1,807 $353,788
18.0 70119 New Orleans 37,253 $1,545 $292,020
18.9 70126 New Orleans 27,047 $1,604 $152,112
19.0 70127 New Orleans 23,107 $1,414 $163,405
19.3 70122 New Orleans 35,253 $1,475 $219,813
19.9 70121 New Orleans 10,558 $1,606 $254,224

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.