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Empire, Louisiana.

. New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro.

What it costs per month · Empire $1,123/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$411 (+58%) since Jan 2020.

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 Louisiana $1,123 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Louisiana$1,123
  • United States$1,922

Living in Empire, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Empire, in Plaquemines Parish, had 905 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Plaquemines Parish was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 7.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Plaquemines Parish work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 905 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Empire for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.3% Plaquemines Parish, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Empire for the Census survey to measure.

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Empire is a small community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, with a population smaller than most towns and a quiet, close-knit scale. Few adults here hold a four-year degree compared with much of the country, and daily trips to work are short. The winters are mild and the summers are hot, with almost no snow and a lot of rain over the course of a year.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, restaurants and hotels, and manufacturing. Across Plaquemines Parish, the largest workplaces include Plaquemines Parish Schools, Venture Global LNG and Chevron Oronite Company's Oak Point Plant. Unemployment across the parish is lower than a year ago, and there are more jobs than there were the year before.

Things to do. The Mississippi River is the best known of the places nearby, a longer drive away. History-minded visitors can head to Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson, both old forts, also a longer drive away. For time outdoors, Grand Isle State Park is a protected area on the coast, again a longer drive away.

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  • 9%of adults have a degree
  • 18 mintypical commute

What people in Plaquemines Parish work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Government8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Plaquemines Parish had 13,408 jobs in 2025, 7.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 47°; warmest in July, 90° and 77° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 62° 47° F M A M J J 90° 77° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 47°; warmest in July, 90° and 77° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 62° 47° F M A M J J 90° 77° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 47°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 77°. About 63 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Buras weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Plaquemines Parish

  1. Performance Contractors, Inc. - Venture Global LNG-Port SulphurConstruction management, oil refinery and petrochemical complex1,958
  2. Plng1,431
  3. Venture Global LNGPipeline terminal facilities, independently operated605
  4. Plaquemines Parish SchoolsSchool district583FTE
  5. Chevron Oronite Company LLC - Oak Point PlantOils, lubricating petroleum, made from refined petroleum388
  6. Turner Industries GroupOther heavy and civil engineering const342
  7. ES&HEnvironmental remediation services234
  8. Belle Chasse AcademySchool district189FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 36 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,116 people in all across the county; Empire has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Empire’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Plaquemines Parish and the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro.

Empire home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Empire address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Empire — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.