About Metairie
Metairie, LA is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Louisiana.
Metairie holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 23.16 square miles.
📰 Metairie News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Metairie Unique
- The only place in America named Metairie — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Louisiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Metairie
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Metairie
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Louisiana Fire Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Metairie
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Metairie
- Alice Birney Elementary School
- Bissonet Plaza School
- Bridgedale Elementary School
- East Jefferson High School
- Grace King High School
- Green Park Elementary School
- Harold Keller Elementary School
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies
- J.C. Ellis School
- John Q. Adams Middle School
- Joseph C Moscona School
- Phoebe Hearst School
- Rudolph Matas School
- T.H. Harris Middle School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- East Jefferson General Hospital ★★ (2/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
- Omega Hospital, Llc
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.