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Low Water Pressure in New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
The typical home here dates from 1958, which predicts the supply pipe. Whole house or one tap, and who to call.
Free to homeowners in New Orleans — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.
The short answer
Housing in New Orleans has a median build year of 1958. On stock that old a house-wide pressure drop is the expected finding rather than a surprising one, because galvanized steel narrows from the inside. The figure dates the housing, not the pipe in any particular house.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25035.
New Orleans has 173,684 occupied homes across 61 ZIP codes. Across all its housing, vacant units included, the median build year is 1958 — the most useful single fact for working out why the water pressure is weak, because it predicts what the supply pipe is made of.
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.New Orleans sits 26 years older than the LA median of 1984. Of the 44 LA towns we route calls in, its housing is older than 99% of them, and by number of homes it ranks 1st.
What 1958 tells you about the pipe in New Orleans
Housing of this vintage generally means galvanized steel still the norm, with copper appearing towards the end of the decade. A house from these years may have had part of its supply replaced and part left alone, which is why pressure can be fine in one bathroom and poor in another. More on 1950s supply pipe.
51% of occupied homes in New Orleans are owner-occupied, 12 points below the LA figure of 63%. It matters here because the run between the meter and the house belongs to the property owner, not the utility.
Median household income across New Orleans ZIP codes is $52,196, 14% below the LA median of $60,659.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023 release — tables B25003 (occupied units), B25035 (all units) and B19013 (households). How these are aggregated.
Before calling anyone in New Orleans, check whether every tap is weak or just one. On housing this old a whole-house drop is the expected finding, because galvanized steel loses bore from the inside and loses it everywhere at once. Normal supply is 45–80 psi and under 40 psi is low — how to test it in a minute. Whole house is a supply problem worth a call; one tap is usually a five-minute job you can do yourself.
Build year and occupied homes by ZIP code in New Orleans
| ZIP | Typical build year | Occupied homes |
|---|---|---|
| 70112 | 1944 | 2,395 |
| 70113 | 1945 | 3,994 |
| 70114 | 1966 | 9,358 |
| 70115 | 1939 or earlier | 13,817 |
| 70116 | 1939 or earlier | 5,622 |
| 70117 | 1949 | 11,882 |
| 70118 | 1939 or earlier | 12,674 |
| 70119 | 1942 | 17,429 |
| 70121 | 1958 | 5,450 |
| 70122 | 1959 | 15,040 |
| 70123 | 1977 | 13,174 |
| 70124 | 1972 | 7,977 |
| 70125 | 1949 | 6,489 |
| 70126 | 1974 | 10,549 |
| 70127 | 1976 | 9,646 |
| 70128 | 1982 | 7,703 |
| 70129 | 1979 | 3,075 |
| 70130 | 1939 or earlier | 7,144 |
| 70131 | 1975 | 10,223 |
| 70148 | 2006 | 43 |
Nearby towns we cover
- La Place typical build 1984 · 26 years newer
- Marrero typical build 1978 · 20 years newer
- Meraux typical build 1989 · 31 years newer
- Saint Bernard typical build 1995 · 37 years newer
- Violet typical build 1982 · 24 years newer
- Westwego typical build 1975 · 17 years newer
Worth reading for a 1958-era home
- galvanized supply pipe
- whole-house pressure loss
- pressure worse upstairs
- how to test your pressure
- low pressure on hot only
ZIP codes we route in New Orleans
- 70112
- 70113
- 70114
- 70115
- 70116
- 70117
- 70118
- 70119
- 70121
- 70122
- 70123
- 70124
- 70125
- 70126
- 70127
- 70128
- 70129
- 70130
- 70131
- 70139
- 70141
- 70142
- 70143
- 70145
- 70146
- 70148
- 70150
- 70151
- 70152
- 70153
- 70154
- 70156
- 70157
- 70158
- 70159
- 70160
- 70161
- 70162
- 70163
- 70164
- 70165
- 70166
- 70167
- 70170
- 70172
- 70174
- 70175
- 70176
- 70177
- 70178
- 70179
- 70181
- 70182
- 70183
- 70184
- 70185
- 70186
- 70187
- 70189
- 70190
- 70195
Low water pressure help near me in New Orleans
We need the New Orleans ZIP code and a sentence about the symptom. If somebody covers that area we connect you to them; if nobody does we will say so on the call rather than take your details. We do no work ourselves and you are never charged. Nor need the problem be pressure at all.
Low Water Pressure coverage in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans spans Orleans Parish, Jefferson Parish and Orleans Counties, Louisiana. It covers 61 ZIP codes: 70112, 70113, 70114, 70115, 70116, 70117, 70118, 70119, 70121, 70122, 70123, 70124, 70125, 70126, 70127, 70128, 70129, 70130, 70131, 70139, 70141, 70142, 70143, 70145 and 37 more. We route low water pressure calls from every one of them.
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 New OrleansWe match 70112 to an independent contractor who already covers New Orleans — 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.