Bush, Louisiana.
Typical home $287,263 (+2.1% in a year). New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$523 (+53%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,870 +2%
- $281,393$287,263 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $19,032 -6%
- $306,294$287,263 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.
- Bush$1,508
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Bush, LA rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bush, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
The Census does not count Bush on its own, so the figures here are St. Tammany Parish's. Half the county's households earn more than $81,202 a year and half less; 11% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 79% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in St. Tammany Parish was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in St. Tammany Parish work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bush is a small community in St. Tammany Parish, in the Louisiana region north of Lake Pontchartrain. Across the parish, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical home value is well above the typical value in many parts of the state. The Census does not count Bush on its own, so the figures on this page describe the wider parish. Winters are mild, with January the coldest month, while summers are hot. Rainfall is heavy, and snow is rare.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services. Shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment also employ a large share of the local workforce. Across St. Tammany Parish, unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier, and the number of jobs grew slightly in the most recent year. A typical commute is somewhat longer than the national norm.
Things to do. The Bogue Chitto River lies a short drive away, offering a quiet waterway for paddling and fishing. Bogue Chitto State Park, a protected area a longer drive away, has trails and open woodland to explore. The Abita Mystery House, a museum a longer drive away, is a quirky stop for those who enjoy local curiosities.
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- 105,082households
- 40.5median age
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What people in St. Tammany Parish work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. Tammany Parish had 97,985 jobs in 2025, 1.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 71°. About 63 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Covington Nnw weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in St. Tammany Parish
- St. Tammany Parish SchoolsSchool district5,175FTE
- St. Tammany Parish HospitalGeneral hospital2,285FTE
- Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company Gulf of MexicoOffshore crude petroleum production1,505
- Slidell Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital1,187FTE
- Textron SystemsNaval ship building804
- Ochsner Health Center - CovingtonOffices of physicians591
- Associated Wholesale GrocersGeneral line grocery merchant wholesalers475
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters474
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 170 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,028 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across St. Tammany Parish, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on St. Tammany Parish and the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro.
Bush home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bush$287,263
- Louisiana$213,867
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Bush listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Bush25.14%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bush36
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bush6
Zip codes with a Bush address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bush — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.