Destrehan, Louisiana.
Typical home $294,252 (+1.0% in a year), asking rent $1,499 . New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$679 (+78%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,881 +1%
- $291,371$294,252 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $22,029 +8%
- $272,223$294,252 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.
- Destrehan$1,544
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 45 years.
Typical home values in Destrehan, LA rose 1.0% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Destrehan, in St. Charles Parish, had 11,340 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $90,509 a year and half less, against $80,897 across St. Charles Parish; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in St. Charles Parish was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 11.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Destrehan is a community in St. Charles Parish, with a median age that sits a little higher than the youngest towns, so it leans toward established families and longtime residents. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run above the parish's, though a noticeable portion of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by banks, insurance and property, the building trades, and professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in town are Bunge North America, with its grain and oilseed operations, and Ochsner Health Center - Destrehan Family Health. Unemployment in the parish is low, though the parish has fewer jobs than it did a year earlier, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. Fighting Wildcats Stadium, the local football field, is in or beside town. Most other outings are a longer drive away, such as Lake Pontchartrain for time by the water, the New Orleans Museum of Art for an afternoon indoors, and Audubon Zoo for a day with the family.
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- 4,240households
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. Charles Parish had 23,194 jobs in 2025, 11.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 46°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 76°. About 63 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the New Orleans International Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Destrehan
- Bunge North AmericaGrain and field bean merchant wholesalers141
- Bunge North AmericaSoybean and other oilseed processing78
- Destrehan Grain Port Location71
- Agricultural Marketing ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture47
- Ochsner Health Center - Destrehan Family HealthOffices of physicians36
- Apache- Bunge DestrehanSandblasting, building exterior23
- Carrier Commercial Services (New Orleans)Plumbing heating and air-conditioning contractors21
- Ochsner Health Center - St CharlesOffices of physicians20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 390 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of DestrehanRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Destrehan’s census tracts, 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. Charles Parish and the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro.
Destrehan home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Destrehan$294,252
- Louisiana$213,867
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Destrehan 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.
- Destrehan27.83%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Destrehan55
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Destrehan10
Zip codes with a Destrehan address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Destrehan — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.