Slidell, LA
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Slidell ranks 67th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 95th for income. A household earns $82,337 a year while median rent runs $1,305/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 7% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is affordability (67th of 300), while hazard safety is the soft spot (292nd). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 166th and home prices 143rd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Slidell, your take-home is worth about $64,101 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 95th of 300$82,337
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 109th of 30093 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $88,796
- Per-capita income
- $43,747
- Full-time pay
- $50,437
Housing
- Median rent
- 166th of 300$1,305/mo
- Home value
- 143rd of 300$296,500
- Property tax
- $1,994/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 10.12%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 109th of 3004%
- Bachelor's+
- 88th of 30038.8%
- Avg commute
- 290th of 30032.1 min
People
- Population
- 277,615
- Median age
- 40.8 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 4.7%
- Broadband
- 95.6%
Environment & risk
- Natural-hazard loss
- 292nd of 300$44/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 157th of 30018.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 7.3%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Education
Watch-outs
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — slidell ap.
What jobs pay in Slidell
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $284,280
- IT managers
- $133,020
- Pharmacists
- $131,200
- Financial managers
- $128,310
- General & operations managers
- $102,450
- Civil engineers
- $101,820
- Software developers
- $101,530
- Lawyers
- $84,590
- Registered nurses
- $81,160
- Accountants & auditors
- $72,490
- Secondary school teachers
- $60,600
- Elementary school teachers
- $59,850
- Plumbers
- $58,750
- Electricians
- $56,670
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $49,410
- Carpenters
- $48,310
- Police officers
- $47,790
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $38,940
- Construction laborers
- $38,300
- Customer service reps
- $37,270
- Janitors
- $29,620
- Retail salespersons
- $29,280
- Cashiers
- $27,590
- Waiters & waitresses
- $15,080
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Slidell metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Louisiana are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Mississippi1,218
- Texas862
- California667
- Florida446
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Slidell metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Slidell metro?
- Median gross rent across the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area is $1,305 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Slidell.
- What is the median household income in the Slidell metro?
- A typical household in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area earns $82,337 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Slidell expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area runs about 7% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Slidell metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $88,796 (versus its face value of $82,337). CityLedger rates the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Slidell metro?
- The median home value across the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area is $296,500 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Slidell metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area is 4% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).