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Woodmere, 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 Woodmere, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Woodmere, in Jefferson Parish, had 11,238 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $75,828 a year and half less, against $65,252 across Jefferson Parish; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% 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 restaurants and hotels.

People 11,238 in the 2020 census; median age 37.0
Household income $75,828 the median, give or take $10,324 · Jefferson Parish: $65,252
Unemployment 3.5% Jefferson Parish, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes 79% lived in by their owners; 21% rented
  • 3,939households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care32%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Professional and business services7%
  • Building trades7%

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 43°; warmest in July, 90° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 62° 43° F M A M J J 90° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 43°; warmest in July, 90° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 62° 43° F M A M J J 90° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 43°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 72°. About 64 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl 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; Woodmere has none 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. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. Lightningrelatively high in parts of WoodmereRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Woodmere’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.