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Waggaman, Louisiana.

A community in Jefferson Parish, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Jefferson Parish’s.

Living in Waggaman, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Waggaman, in Jefferson Parish, had 9,835 people in the 2020 census. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Jefferson Parish was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.

People 9,835 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Waggaman for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.5% Jefferson Parish, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes 70% lived in by their owners; 30% rented
  • 3,810households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care32%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities14%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Government9%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Shops (retail)7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jefferson Parish had 186,101 jobs in 2025, 0.7% 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 46°; warmest in July, 91° and 76° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 46° F M A M J J 91° 76° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 46°; warmest in July, 91° and 76° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 46° F M A M J J 91° 76° A S O N D

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, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Jefferson Parish

  1. Ochsner Clinic FoundationGeneral hospital10,401FTE
  2. Jefferson Parish SchoolsSchool district6,413FTE
  3. East Jefferson General HospialGeneral hospital3,353FTE
  4. Intralox NOPlastic belt manufacturing1,639
  5. West Jefferson Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,286FTE
  6. Ochsner Medical Center - KennerGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,081
  7. Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank CampusGeneral medical and surgical hospitals873
  8. Ochsner Clinic FoundationOffice administrative services776

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 321 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 48,973 people in all across the county; Waggaman has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively high
  4. Cold wavesRelatively high
  5. DroughtRelatively moderate
  6. HailRelatively moderate

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