These Are The 10 Worst Neighborhoods In New Orleans For 2018

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New Orleans’s neighborhoods conjure up too many stereotypes to count. You’ve got hipster areas, preppy places, neighborhoods where college kids thrive, and of course, ghettos.

It seems as if there’s a neighborhood for everyone in New Orleans.

And while the city consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in the country thanks in part to a strong economy and tons of entertainment, it’s not all rainbows and sunshine in New Orleans. Some neighborhoods aren’t as great as others.

So the question arises, which New Orleans neighborhoods are the worst, and which are the best?

Today, we’ll use science and data to determine which New Orleans hoods need a little tender loving care – the sore thumbs of the New Orleans area if you will. Realistically, you can’t expect all the neighborhoods to be amazing, although Uptown ranks way above the rest.

We examined 69 of New Orleans’s neighborhoods to find out the worst places to live. These places don’t quite measure up to New Orleans’s reputation.

Here are the 10 worst neighborhoods in New Orleans according to data:

Read on to see how we determined the places around New Orleans that need a pick-me-up. And remember, don’t blame the messenger.

Once you’re done, you can look at the bottom of the story for a complete chart of every neighborhood we looked at from worst to best.

Looking for places to avoid outside of the city? You can also check out the worst suburbs of New Orleans.

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How we determined the worst New Orleans hoods

To figure out how bad a place is to live in, we only needed to know what kinds of things people like and then decide what places have the least amount of those things. We threw the following criteria into this analysis in order to get the best, most complete results possible. We used this set of criteria for each neighborhood in New Orleans:

High unemployment (Less jobs)
Low median income (Less pay)
Low population density (No things to do)
Low home values (No one’s willing to pay to live here)
High crime (Estimated)

Then, we ranked each neighborhood in New Orleans for each of these criteria from worst to best.

Next, we averaged the individual rankings for each criteria into a ‘Worst Score’.

The neighborhood with the lowest ‘Worst Score’ ranks as the worst neighborhood of New Orleans.

Read on below to learn more about these terrible places around New Orleans to live. Or skip to the end to see the list of all 69 neighborhoods ranked from worst to best.

This list is a scientific analysis based on real data and is completely unbiased. Hold on to your pants.

1. Desire

Population: 2,274
Median Income: $14,674
Median Home Value: $52,825

2. Viavant-Venetian Isles

Population: 802
Median Income: $17,059
Median Home Value: $82,800

3. Fischer Dev

Population: 1,016
Median Income: $20,302
Median Home Value: $30,800

4. Tulane-Gravier

Population: 3,237
Median Income: $19,628
Median Home Value: $101,600

5. Florida

Population: 1,243
Median Income: $20,630
Median Home Value: $79,357

6. West Lake Forest

Population: 4,031
Median Income: $24,921
Median Home Value: $104,550

7. Dixon

Population: 1,374
Median Income: $18,154
Median Home Value: $103,100

8. Village De L’Est

Population: 8,827
Median Income: $33,314
Median Home Value: $99,971

9. Whitney

Population: 2,368
Median Income: $28,916
Median Home Value: $107,100

10. Lower 9Th Ward

Population: 3,366
Median Income: $29,700
Median Home Value: $94,000

The ‘hoods around New Orleans that are really hoods

Well there you have it — the worst of the neighborhoods in New Orleans with Desire landing at the bottom of the pack.

As we mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in New Orleans aren’t all bad. Uptown takes the cake as the best place to live in New Orleans.

We ranked the neighborhoods from worst to best in the chart below.

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Detailed List Of The Worst New Orleans Neighborhoods

Rank	Neighborhood	Population	Median Income	Median Home Values
1	Desire	2,274	$14,674	$52,825
2	Viavant-Venetian Isles	802	$17,059	$82,800
3	Fischer Dev	1,016	$20,302	$30,800
4	Tulane-Gravier	3,237	$19,628	$101,600
5	Florida	1,243	$20,630	$79,357
6	West Lake Forest	4,031	$24,921	$104,550
7	Dixon	1,374	$18,154	$103,100
8	Village De L’Est	8,827	$33,314	$99,971
9	Whitney	2,368	$28,916	$107,100
10	Lower 9Th Ward	3,366	$29,700	$94,000
11	Pines Village	3,352	$29,903	$137,500
12	Treme’ Lafitte	4,710	$19,136	$127,460
13	Gert Town	3,822	$15,684	$139,080
14	Us Naval Base	2,147	$34,798	$83,067
15	Gentilly Woods	2,970	$36,453	$130,625
16	Behrman	8,716	$28,279	$109,750
17	Holly Grove	5,321	$20,847	$110,780
18	Saint Roch	5,751	$23,889	$120,388
19	Seventh Ward	11,027	$23,093	$130,583
20	Read Blvd West	5,056	$28,061	$142,925
21	Saint Bernard Area	1,974	$25,774	$106,033
22	Mcdonogh	2,274	$24,684	$125,750
23	Pontchartrain Park	1,915	$35,920	$154,300
24	Saint Claude	6,197	$25,181	$149,393
25	Saint Anthony	3,675	$29,469	$150,300
26	Holy Cross	3,005	$26,190	$104,714
27	Plum Orchard	4,189	$28,595	$118,914
28	Central City	13,454	$21,828	$142,648
29	Dillard	4,606	$40,414	$143,675
30	Little Woods	30,512	$31,863	$166,592
31	Tall Timbers-Brechtel	12,821	$47,856	$134,278
32	Bywater	3,234	$41,854	$178,400
33	Milneburg	3,857	$40,085	$157,138
34	Milan	5,180	$30,311	$159,345
35	Fairgrounds	5,446	$35,916	$188,462
36	Mid-City	14,194	$31,548	$181,555
37	Read Blvd East	8,721	$56,300	$195,383
38	Saint Thomas	2,002	$24,179	$188,667
39	Leonidas	7,303	$36,010	$194,846
40	Gentilly Terrace	9,519	$43,264	$166,215
41	Central Business District	2,254	$41,622	$209,040
42	Fillmore	5,423	$55,474	$201,775
43	Bayou Saint John	3,550	$36,389	$247,240
44	City Park	2,821	$46,318	$225,550
45	Old Aurora	16,284	$57,322	$156,336
46	New Aurora-English Turn	5,817	$73,525	$237,633
47	Lake Catherine	622	$60,859	$216,400
48	West End	3,830	$56,925	$197,320
49	Freret	1,460	$35,662	$203,333
50	Navarre	2,649	$52,700	$254,267
51	Broadmoor	6,381	$40,884	$250,489
52	Irish Channel	3,623	$53,983	$232,720
53	East Riverside	3,245	$49,184	$260,920
54	Lake Terrace And Oaks	1,494	$103,386	$368,300
55	West Riverside	5,086	$52,136	$341,186
56	Lower Garden District	6,837	$63,445	$338,900
57	Black Pearl	1,490	$44,131	$369,750
58	Lakewood	1,754	$115,391	$443,567
59	Lake Shore-Lake Vista	2,767	$120,214	$406,400
60	Garden District	1,950	$114,015	$562,600
61	Lakeview	7,788	$85,042	$338,764
62	East Carollton	4,103	$49,670	$342,025
63	Algeirs Point	2,622	$55,412	$260,833
64	Marigny	2,727	$49,570	$320,875
65	Marlyville-Fontainebleau	6,431	$70,337	$306,812
66	French Quarter	3,282	$69,561	$484,500
67	Audubon	16,162	$98,106	$520,211
68	Touro	3,070	$54,283	$523,133
69	Uptown	6,477	$72,795	$393,750