Metairie Homes for Sale
This busy commercial hub with large and multi-generational neighborhoods has everything you need just minutes away.
The largest community in Jefferson Parish, Metairie is a bustling suburb of about 143,000 people in the New Orleans metropolitan area. It lies on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain between New Orleans and Kenner.
Here you will find business thoroughfares like the Veterans Memorial Boulevard, large shopping centers, supermarkets, movie theaters, restaurants, medical offices, small businesses, and sprawling housing developments. Residents have easy access to everything they need to live comfortably.
Metairie includes several neighborhoods, most notably Bucktown and Fat City. Bucktown is a former fishing village on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain that is now a thriving community of seafood markets and restaurants. Fat City, just off Veterans Memorial Boulevard near Lakeside Shopping Center, is known for murals, restaurants, and other local businesses.
Where Is Metairie?
The boundaries of Metairie are:
North: Lake Pontchartrain
East: New Orleans
West: Kenner
South: Illinois Central Railroad tracks
Past the tracks are River Ridge, Harahan, Elmwood, and Jefferson. The 17th Street Canal forms the border between Metairie and New Orleans. The total area of Metairie is a little more than 23 square miles.
Homes for Sale in Metairie, New Orleans
Why Buy a Home in Metairie?
You can’t beat Metairie for modern, convenient living. The upscale Old Metairie community features high-end boutiques, artisanal bakeries, and gated communities for 1920s-era homes. The rest of Metairie, more like a typical American suburb, also has plenty to recommend it.
Transportation. It’s easy to get anywhere. If you need to commute to New Orleans, both Causeway Boulevard and West Esplanade Avenue take you to the Central Business District. Mass transit isn’t great; you need a car to get around. But Interstate 10, which runs east and west, can get you anywhere you need to go. Major roads traversing Metairie include West Esplanade Avenue, Veterans Memorial Boulevard, West Napoleon Avenue, West Metairie Avenue, Metairie Road, Airline Drive (part of U.S. Route 61), Jefferson Highway (part of U.S. Route 90), and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.
The Saints. The training facilities of the NFL franchise New Orleans Saints are in Metairie, and many players live here. So you never know who you may end up rubbing elbows with at Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s.
Schools. There are plenty of options. Metairie’s public schools include two public high schools, East Jefferson High School and Grace King High School; there’s also Alfred Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School in Kenner and Riverdale High School in Jefferson. Metairie’s magnet public school, Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies, is one of the best schools in the state. You’ll also have a choice of eight private schools, including the coveted Metairie Park Country Day School.
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Attractions
Metairie is for you if you want modern and convenient living. In just twenty minutes, you can be New Orleans — so that you can enjoy it without the cost of living there, without the limited parking, and without the crowds you want to escape.
Metairie’s wide-ranging attractions include concerts, food festivals, sporting events, museum exhibits, movies in the park, and farmers markets. Below are some of our highlights.
Legendary Louisiana musician Mahalia Jackson is buried in Providence Memorial Park.
Metairie is home to the training facility and corporate headquarters of the New Orleans Saints. You can check out the Lombardi Trophy kept in the in the lobby of the administrative offices of the Saints museum.
You can find many things to do and watch within minutes of home, including the Gold Mine on Airline stadium (formerly Shrine on Airline), the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, Airline Skate Center, and Sky Zone.
Old Metairie. The picturesque area surrounding Metairie Road, known as Old Metairie, contains lovely above-ground cemeteries, quaint shops, boutiques, and high-end coffee shops.
Shopping. On Causeway Boulevard in the heart of Metairie is Lakeside Shopping Center, one of Louisiana’s oldest and largest shopping malls. Metairie also offers Clearview Mall, a massive Target, and popular grocery chains like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s.
History of Metairie
Metairie Ridge was also settled by the French, in the early 1760s. The colony was ceded to Spain in 1762 but again fell under French control in 1800. A few years later, it was sold to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson Parish, one of the 64 parishes into which Louisiana is now divided, was officially established as a governmental unit in 1825.
Today, Metairie is a thriving unincorporated suburb full of popular shopping, dining, and entertainment destinations. It has the cultural and physical infrastructure required to be a proud part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
