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Meraux CDP, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Meraux CDP is a Census CDP of 7,918 people across 4.15 square miles of land, in St. Bernard Parish. Median household income is $76,021, 86.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.1 m.
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Meraux
What Meraux is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.15 sq mi
- Water area0.66 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,909
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Bernard Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Meraux
How many people live in Meraux
- Population7,918
- Median age38.7
- Population under 182,108
- Share under 1826.6 percent
- Population 65 and over877 plus or minus 180
- Share 65 and over11.1 percent
- Households2,615
- Family households2,019
- Share of households that are families77.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Meraux
- Median household income$76,021 plus or minus $15,249
- Per capita income$33,602
- Civilian labor force3,948
- Employed3,835
- Unemployed113 plus or minus 66
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over5,227
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.4 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Meraux
- Housing units2,752
- Occupied units2,615
- Vacant units137 plus or minus 87
- Vacancy rate5.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied2,256
- Renter occupied359 plus or minus 124
- Ownership rate86.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$208,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,055 plus or minus $342
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units2,495
- Share single family90.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more166 plus or minus 89
- Share in buildings of two or more6.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Mobile homes91 plus or minus 74
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Meraux gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,573
- Commuting under 15 minutes981 plus or minus 255
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,907 plus or minus 563
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.4 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Drove alone82.0 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home5.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Meraux borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,143,000
- Average approval$1,071,500
- Median approval$2,018,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,018,000
- Largest approval$2,018,000
- Jobs supported47
- Jobs per approval23.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
St. Bernard Parish, not Meraux
St. Bernard Parish context, not Meraux figures
These are St. Bernard Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Meraux measurements.
- Establishments in St. Bernard Parish705
- Employment at those establishments, St. Bernard Parish8,913
- Covered employment, St. Bernard Parish11,254
- Average annual pay, St. Bernard Parish$61,869
- Average weekly wage, St. Bernard Parish$1,190
- Housing units permitted, St. Bernard Parish112
- Of those, single family, St. Bernard Parish68
- County product, 2024, St. Bernard Parish$1,743,957,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Bernard Parish2.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Bernard Parish$47,410
Every figure in this section is published for St. Bernard Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Meraux. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Meraux questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Meraux, Louisiana?
7,918, in 2,615 households. Meraux CDP covers 4.15 square miles of land, which is 1,909 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Meraux in?
St. Bernard Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Meraux?
$76,021. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $208,700. Median gross rent is $1,055 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Meraux businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $2.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $2,018,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Meraux, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Meraux borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Meraux. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Meraux figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Bernard Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Meraux.
Is zoning published for Meraux?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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