Metairie Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Louisiana

Metairie Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Louisiana

The suburban community of Metairie is located in Southeastern Louisiana, less than nine miles from New Orleans. Covering a land area of about 23.2 square miles, this addition to Jefferson Parish has a population of about 141,537 residents. Interstate 10 provides east-west commuter access to and from the area, and the Causeway Bridge crossing Lake Pontchartrain provides commuter access to and from the Northshore in Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, LA. For those who depend on air travel for business or pleasure, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is just eight miles away. Real estate options consist of single-family homes, condominiums and townhouses as well as land lots. A notable residential neighborhood, Country Club Gardens, enjoys one of the lowest crime rates in the City of New Orleans because of its physical location and the street network. The Central Business District of Metairie is located on Causeway Blvd. near Lake Pontchartrain. Employment opportunities within Metairie are widespread and bountiful. Temperatures in the region range from the mid-40s in the winter to the low to mid 90s in the summer. Residents with children from grades K-12 will find educational amenities through the Jefferson Parish Unified School District. Those in pursuit of a degree in higher education will find five local university and college campuses with an additional seven institutions of higher learning just outside of Metairie, including the University of New Orleans, the Tulane and Loyola University Campuses and Southern University. Metairie is home to Lakeside Shopping Center, the highest grossing mall in the New Orleans metropolitan area. Popular sites to see in and about the area include Lafreniere Park, the historical French Quarter and Jackson Square, Preservation Hall, Aquarium of the Americas and the Audubon Zoo.