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Belle Chasse, LA Real Estate

Belle Chasse is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Belle Chasse is part of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. The population was 9,848 at the 2000 census.

Belle Chasse is home to the Belle Chasse Naval Air Station, and to the Plaquemines Parish Public Library.

There is little concurrence regarding the origin of the name Belle Chasse. In French, Belle Chasse literally means "beautiful hunting." It is widely believed that it was named so for the richness of wildlife the initial French settlers observed when they first settled in the region. Others say that Belle Chasse was named after a Colonel Joseph D. Bellechasse, who lived in New Orleans around the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Belle Chasse was the home town of Confederate statesman Judah P. Benjamin.

Belle Chasse is also home to a Naval Air Station for the U.S. Navy Reserve. It was founded in 1941 the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, but was later moved to its current location. It is home to various naval air units as well as an Air Force Reserves squadron.

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$74,000 Braithwaite, LA Acreage/Land 0/0 0 13.5
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$197,000 Belle Chasse, LA Single Family 3/2 1550 15.5
$225,000 Belle Chasse, LA Single Family 0/0 0 15.5
$498,000 Belle Chase, LA Single Family 4/3 2680 15.5
$475,000 Belle Chasse, LA Single Family 4/2 4000 15.5
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$300,000 Belle Chasse, LA Single Family 4/2 32000 15.5
$398,000 Belle Chasse, LA Single Family 5/4 3170 15.5
$420,000 Belle Chasse, LA Single Family 4/5 3158 15.5
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$197,500 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 2046 17.9
$195,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 2600 17.9
$128,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 0/0 0 17.9
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$230,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 2087 17.9
$185,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 4/2 1850 17.9
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$147,900 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 1478 17.9
$135,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/1 1300 17.9
$130,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 0/0 0 17.9
$260,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 4/3 3000 17.9
$145,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 1530 17.9
$99,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 1400 17.9
$230,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 2500 17.9
$495,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 0/0 0 17.9
$119,900 Marrero, LA Single Family 0/0 0 17.9
$69,900 Marrero, LA Single Family 0/0 0 17.9
$145,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 4/2 1802 17.9
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$145,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 1469 17.9
$114,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 1300 17.9
$249,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 3224 17.9
$185,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 4/2 2367 17.9
$170,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 1900 17.9
$127,000 Marrero, LA Single Family 3/2 1250 17.9

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Belle Chasse, LA information

State:Louisiana
Country:Plaquemines
Area Code:985
FIPS:22075
TimeZone:CST
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Belle Chasse, LA Neighborhood Info

 

Natl. average

Belle Chasse, LA

Population: 293,655,40011,015
Household size:
Persons per household
2.602.8

Housing

Home appreciation:
Most recent 12 months
9.8%30.8%
House purchase cost:
Median sales value
$217,200$248,400
Commute time:
in minutes
27.425.3

Economy

Cost of Living index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.0105.5
Recent Job Growth:
Most recent 12 months
1.4%2.9%
Unemployment Rate: 4.6%5.8%
Future Job Growth:
projected job growth to 2010
11.9%17.1%
Income Taxes:
highest marginal tax bracket
5.22%4%
Sales Taxes:
total local, county, state sales tax
6.0%7%

Education

Pupil/teacher ratio:
number of students per teacher
15.916.2
Graduation rate:
percent graduated from high school
79.6%82.7%
School spending:
total dollars for each student
$6,058$5817.0000
College grads-adv. deg.:
percent with graduate and prof. degrees
7.2%3.6%
College grads-4 yr.:
percent graduated from 4 yr. colleges
15.2%12.7%

Crime

Property crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
34
Violent crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
35

Health

Doctors per capita:
M.D.s per 10,000 population
169.750.2
Air quality index:
higher number = better air quality
48.038
Health costs index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.0104.9
Watershed quality index:
higher=better (not drinking water)
55.047

Climate

Altitude:
in feet
1,0587
Snowfall:
inches annually
24.00
Rainfall:
inches annually
39.055
Precipitation days:
days annually with some precipitation
112115
Summer temperature:
average high temp in July (deg F)
86.991.9
Winter temperature:
average low temp in January (deg F)
21.737
Sunny days:
days annually with few clouds
205216

Cities within 10 miles of Belle Chasse, Louisiana

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Belle Chasse, ZIP Codes

70037, 70093,