Chalmette is home to 22,616 people in Louisiana. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 14% of adults. The poverty rate is 24.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. The population has fallen 29% since 2000. Density works out to 3,152 people per square mile. This skews young, with a median age of 35.2.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,904, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
14% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 33%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Chalmette
What changed most since 1990
Black share0.3% → 27.4%(+27.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share93.5% → 51.6%(−41.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate12.7% → 24.9%(+12.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Chalmette's population equals 51% of St. Bernard Parish's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 67% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 39% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26.3%(175)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.7%(178)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.4%(176)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.1%(14)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II12%(80)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 666 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Chalmette, decade by decade
Chalmette population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
31,860
$63,979
$160,325
8.7%
15.5
2000
32,069
$66,853
$161,034
10.0%
25.1
2010
16,751
$57,897
$186,439
11.3%
58.7
2020
21,562
$57,374
$188,230
13.1%
81.4
2024
22,616
$54,904
$214,700
13.6%
79.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
