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Low Water Pressure in Louisiana
Town-by-town build-era data for 44 places we route calls in, and what it says about your pipe.
Free to homeowners in Louisiana — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.
The short answer
Louisiana is covered here across 44 towns whose typical build years average about 1985. Era is the best free clue to what the supply pipe is made of, which in turn decides where weak pressure is worth investigating first.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25035.
- You are never chargedContractors pay us when we route them a call. There is no cost to the homeowner, ever.
- Every figure names its sourceThe numbers on this site come from public data and the page says which, so you can check them.
- We say where we coverCalls are routed by ZIP code to independent contractors.See the coverage
- We say when not to callIf the fix is a few minutes of your own time, this site tells you that instead of selling you a visit.
What this site is
PressureTrace is a referral service, not a plumbing contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We do not perform plumbing work, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.We route Louisiana calls in 44 towns. Each page carries that town's typical build year, because it predicts what the supply pipe is made of.
- New Orleans 173,684 homes · typical build 1958
- Lafayette 65,390 homes · typical build 1981
- Metairie 60,376 homes · typical build 1972
- Kenner 26,230 homes · typical build 1974
- Slidell 23,918 homes · typical build 1987
- New Iberia 22,223 homes · typical build 1982
- Gretna 21,889 homes · typical build 1971
- Marrero 21,088 homes · typical build 1978
- Mandeville 19,204 homes · typical build 1993
- Opelousas 14,788 homes · typical build 1979
- Harvey 14,751 homes · typical build 1979
- Westwego 12,475 homes · typical build 1975
- La Place 11,822 homes · typical build 1984
- Youngsville 10,785 homes · typical build 2006
- Breaux Bridge 9,875 homes · typical build 1989
- Abbeville 9,757 homes · typical build 1979
- Carencro 7,918 homes · typical build 1996
- Chalmette 7,914 homes · typical build 1977
- Saint Martinville 7,822 homes · typical build 1979
- Broussard 6,167 homes · typical build 2003
- Belle Chasse 5,987 homes · typical build 1991
- Duson 5,774 homes · typical build 1996
- Madisonville 5,764 homes · typical build 2007
- Destrehan 4,848 homes · typical build 1985
- Arnaudville 3,992 homes · typical build 1984
- Scott 3,987 homes · typical build 1992
- Jeanerette 3,876 homes · typical build 1980
- Kaplan 3,606 homes · typical build 1978
- Maurice 3,037 homes · typical build 2001
- Erath 2,653 homes · typical build 1989
- Violet 2,403 homes · typical build 1982
- Sunset 2,329 homes · typical build 1991
- Arabi 1,858 homes · typical build 1964
- Meraux 1,788 homes · typical build 1989
- Saint Bernard 1,697 homes · typical build 1995
- Gueydan 1,259 homes · typical build 1976
- Delcambre 974 homes · typical build 1978
- Lafitte 912 homes · typical build 1990
- Boutte 803 homes · typical build 1995
- Ama 536 homes · typical build 1987
- Braithwaite 463 homes · typical build 1989
- Loreauville 438 homes · typical build 1988
- Grand Coteau 429 homes · typical build 1966
- Barataria 287 homes · typical build 1985
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023 release — tables B25003 (occupied housing units) and B25035 (all housing units, vacant included).
Also covered
Avery Island, Cade, Cecilia, Lydia, Milton, Perry.
Checking a credential in Louisiana
Louisiana licenses are issued by the State Plumbing Board of Louisiana, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this site is public and attributed. You can go and check any of them.
- HousingUS Census BureauAmerican Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25035 — the median year a town’s homes were built, which is what predicts the supply pipe.
- PressureGrundfosIts homeowner guide to low water pressure is where the 45–80 psi normal range and the 40 psi threshold come from.
- WagesUS Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupational Employment and Wage Statistics for plumbers, 47-2152, behind every figure on the cost page.
- PipeworkUS Environmental Protection AgencyThe Lead and Copper Rule Improvements fact sheet, for what a service line inventory does and does not record.
What happens when you call
No form, no quote tool, no waiting for an email.
- You tell us what the water is doingOne short conversation. If it turns out to be something you can fix in five minutes, we will say so.
- We route the call in LouisianaWe match your ZIP code to an independent contractor who already covers your area — not a call center three states away.
- They quote, you decideWe do not set prices and we never charge you. The contractor pays us for the introduction.
- 4,387towns with a page of their own
- 38states we route calls in
- $0what a homeowner ever pays us
Still not sure whether it is the whole house or one fixture? That distinction decides who you need and what it costs, and it takes one conversation. We route you to a contractor who covers your ZIP code, you are never charged, and if the answer turns out to be an aerator we will say so. And it need not be pressure — this number takes any plumbing problem.
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