Housing in Little Woods at a glance
- Population
- about 35,055
- Housing units
- about 16,625
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $216,000New Orleans: $315,700 (-32%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,150 a monthNew Orleans: $1,251 (-8%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 51.6%New Orleans: 51.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 54.8%
- Median year built
- 1978
Lowest median home value in the New Orleans group of ten: Little Woods, at $216,000, sits 32% below the city's $315,700. Rent behaves differently, since $1,150 ranks fourth of ten and trails the $1,251 city rent by 8%. Owners and renters are nearly balanced, with 51.6% of households owning, 0.4 points above the New Orleans share; 7,124 owner-occupied households sit beside 6,669 renting. Housing is on the newer side, eighth of ten for pre-1980 share at 54.8%, and 1978 is the median build year. Little Woods is north-east of the centre, and it counts 35,055 residents, far more than Read Blvd East's 9,612. Read Blvd East alongside has 85.1% owners and $910 rent, and Gentilly Terrace's median is $272,000 with 71.4% owning, so in tenure terms Little Woods is the more balanced of the neighbours. It is the lowest-value sector on the list yet not the lowest on rent, which Read Blvd East holds.
Questions about Little Woods
What is the median home value in Little Woods, New Orleans?
$216,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $315,700 for New Orleans as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Little Woods?
$1,150 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,251 in New Orleans (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Little Woods own or rent?
Most own: 51.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 51.2% in New Orleans (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 10 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Little Woods is one of the 10 most populous of 72 neighborhood statistical areas of New Orleans: estimated population about 35,055 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from New Orleans Public Library, City Archives, Neighborhood Statistical Areas (City Planning Commission boundaries), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for New Orleans as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Little Woods. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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