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SheetLA-SLIDELL-LA · Slidell, LA 28,664 pop · income 45th pct · 59 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Slidell
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Slidell on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Danville · lowest
44,239
Danville · lowest
44,239 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #1
Salem · near
66,653
Salem · near
66,653 median HH income
59.3% of the leader · rank #2
Slidell · this city
66,657
Slidell · this city
66,657 median HH income
59.3% of the leader · rank #3
Caldwell · near
66,663
Caldwell · near
66,663 median HH income
59.3% of the leader · rank #4
Toluca · near
66,667
Toluca · near
66,667 median HH income
59.3% of the leader · rank #5
Callender · near
66,667
Callender · near
66,667 median HH income
59.3% of the leader · rank #6
Bridgewater · highest
112,482
Bridgewater · highest
112,482 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Slidell on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 28,664.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Slidell - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Slidell lands in the 45th percentile for household income and the 22nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
45th
percentile, household income
45th
percentile, home value
16th
percentile, median rent
22nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Slidell, LA
28,664 people live in Slidell, Louisiana - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Slidell report a median income of $66,657 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.2%. Home values in Slidell run a median of $207,800, and the median resident age is 38.6 years. About 30.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 57.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 11 residential building permits were authorized in Slidell (Growing), up 10% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2541.4 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 67.7°F with 61.9 inches of precipitation per year.
Living costs in Louisiana run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Louisiana scores 88.2 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,007 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Louisiana's average monthly utility costs around $212 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Slidell's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to schools and households to reported crime to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Slidell, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Slidell?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Slidell?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Laplace (28,480 residents, $68,028 income); New Iberia (27,926 residents, $50,802 income); Central (29,603 residents, $90,091 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Danville, IL (28,663 residents); Bridgewater, MA (28,669 residents); Daphne, AL (28,673 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -265 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 11 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
PlainCities matches 59 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Slidell?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
75.0%
Work from home
12.0%
Public transit
0.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 12,813 workers age 16+.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 67.7°F, with 61.9 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Louisiana is 62.4 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
62.4
Annual precipitation
61.9 in
Mean temperature
67.7°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 20 public schools within the city match. 30.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
10.2%
Bachelor's degree+
30.9%
Matched public schools
20
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Slidell?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2541.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 11% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
2541.4
Violent rate
256.6
Property rate
2284.8
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 10.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.2 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Louisiana average
C-
City profile score · Slidell, LA
54/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share C
30.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$66,657
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
257 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Slidell profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.9%
Household income: 44/100 (D) · $66,657
Poverty rate: 39/100 (F) · 10.2%
Violent crime: 39/100 (F) · 257 /100k
Where Slidell sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Slidell's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Slidell highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Slidell, LA (this city): home $207,800, crime 2,541/100k
Danville, IL : home $76,800, crime 7,361/100k
Bridgewater, MA : home $500,600, crime 275/100k
Daphne, AL : home $309,700, crime 899/100k
Newburgh, NY : home $221,100, crime 2,901/100k
Northampton, MA : home $398,000, crime 1,717/100k
West Springfield, MA : home $307,900, crime 3,589/100k
New Iberia, LA : home $150,300, crime 4,135/100k
How does Slidell compare to other US cities?
Here's how Slidell stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income45% higher than other cities
Home value45% pricier than other cities
Median rent16% pricier than other cities
Safety22% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Louisiana, Slidell ranks #27 of 60 Louisiana cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Slidell against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Louisiana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Louisiana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Slidell near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Slidell ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Slidell only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#117 of 426
73rd percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Median Home Value
#99 of 419
76th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#300 of 475
36th percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#58 of 477
88th percentile in Louisiana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Louisiana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
45th percentile nationally for median household income · 22nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Slidell's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Slidell's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Slidell's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$207,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 55% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Slidell's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,271 of 15,516
More affordable than 53% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,070 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Slidell sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,271 of 15,516 and #1,070 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$66,657Slidell, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Slidell, LA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Slidell, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
28,664
Median Income
$66,657
Median Home Value
$207,800
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
10.2%
Labor force participation
57.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2541.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
256.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2284.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
67.7°F
Annual Precipitation
61.9"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
20
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Slidell's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
28,606 residents
2021
28,722 residents
2022
28,614 residents
2023
28,488 residents
2024
28,467 residents
2025
28,341 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
11
housing units authorized
Single-Family
7
detached homes
Multifamily
4
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
10
10
0
$2.1M
2020
8
8
0
$1.8M
2021
20
20
0
$3.6M
2022
13
13
0
$2.9M
2023
14
6
8
$2.1M
2024
11
7
4
$2.1M
Permit volume increased 10% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.0%
Carpool
9.8%
Public Transit
0.7%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
12.0%
Other
1.6%
Based on 12,813 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Louisiana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $212
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Louisiana at $212 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Louisiana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Slidell. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Louisiana's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Slidell is $1,007/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Louisiana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Louisiana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Slidell sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Slidell compares to similar-size Louisiana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.