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Poydras, Louisiana.

A community in St. Bernard Parish, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Poydras, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Poydras, in St. Bernard Parish, had 2,536 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $59,105 a year and half less, against $58,651 across St. Bernard Parish. Unemployment in St. Bernard Parish was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in St. Bernard Parish work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,536 in the 2020 census; median age 36.5
Household income $59,105 the median, give or take $10,954 · St. Bernard Parish: $58,651
Unemployment 4.0% St. Bernard Parish, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Poydras for the Census survey to measure.
  • 907households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 40 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in St. Bernard Parish work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. Bernard Parish had 11,268 jobs in 2025, 0.1% 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 44°; warmest in July, 89° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 62° 44° F M A M J J 89° 74° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 44°; warmest in July, 89° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 62° 44° F M A M J J 89° 74° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 44°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 74°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the St. Bernard weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in St. Bernard Parish

  1. St. Bernard Parish SchoolsSchool district902FTE
  2. Chalmette RefiningCrude oil refining586
  3. Performance Personnel Services of New OrleansEmployment placement agencies or services534
  4. ASR GroupSugarcane refining509
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters444
  6. St. Bernard Parish HospitalGeneral hospital247FTE
  7. WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores147
  8. Nunez Community CollegeTwo-year college144

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 20 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,256 people in all across the county; Poydras has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (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. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  6. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Poydras’ 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.