Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 70041 1% rule Buras, LA $106,730 $1,575 11.51% -9.7%
2 70126 1% rule New Orleans, LA $150,982 $1,742 9.00% -0.8%
3 70083 1% rule Port Sulphur, LA $137,334 $1,575 8.95% -9.8%
4 70114 New Orleans, LA $163,359 $1,466 7.00% -3.5%
5 70723 Convent, LA $124,296 $1,116 7.00% -1.0%
6 70117 New Orleans, LA $174,944 $1,472 6.56% -3.2%
7 70068 La Place, LA $214,279 $1,707 6.21% -2.5%
8 70127 New Orleans, LA $166,330 $1,325 6.21% -0.4%
9 70129 New Orleans, LA $152,110 $1,206 6.18% -2.4%
10 70040 Braithwaite, LA $189,900 $1,485 6.10% -4.6%
11 70460 Slidell, LA $192,349 $1,504 6.10% 0.0%
12 70094 Westwego, LA $188,040 $1,456 6.04% -1.3%
13 70053 Gretna, LA $215,378 $1,621 5.87% -4.4%
14 70131 New Orleans, LA $213,395 $1,551 5.67% -0.6%
15 70032 Arabi, LA $225,412 $1,624 5.62% -1.0%
16 70113 New Orleans, LA $227,831 $1,628 5.57% -4.7%
17 70072 Marrero, LA $235,362 $1,677 5.56% 0.2%
18 70092 Violet, LA $169,287 $1,206 5.56% -1.6%
19 70084 Reserve, LA $169,686 $1,206 5.54% -2.2%
20 70056 Gretna, LA $254,961 $1,808 5.53% -0.4%
21 70122 New Orleans, LA $219,561 $1,558 5.53% -2.8%
22 70435 Covington, LA $308,732 $2,187 5.53% 2.0%
23 70085 Saint Bernard, LA $171,661 $1,206 5.48% -3.4%
24 70030 Des Allemands, LA $235,868 $1,602 5.30% -1.7%
25 70128 New Orleans, LA $174,729 $1,171 5.23% -0.4%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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