Garden District

New Orleans, LA

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Garden District - New Orleans, LA Area Guide

A park-like neighborhood near the hustle and bustle – this is Garden District!

Park-Like History Public Transportation Restaurants Culture Louisiana

When you look around the Garden District, you’ll find streets of well-preserved mansions and landscaped lawns, iron fencing, and window flower boxes stuffed with multi-colored blooms. There are a lot of historic mansions here, including Buckner Mansion, Women’s Opera Guild Home, and the Musson-Bell House.

This predominantly residential neighborhood is just five miles from the bustling French Quarter – and it’s in walking distance of the Mississippi River. Along Magazine Street is where you’ll find a lot of hip restaurants like Coquette and Tracey’s, plus an elegant dessert bar called Sucre.

Residents and visitors alike enjoy the elegant ambiance, upbeat jazz music, and delicious Creole fare at Commander’s Palace which has been in business for more than 100 years. Travel is made easy thanks to the Saint Charles Avenue Streetcar stops, which has stops near Loyola University and Tulane University.

Rent Trends

As of May 2026, the average apartment rent in Garden District is $1,081 for one bedroom. Apartment rent in Garden District has decreased by -0.1% in the past year.

  • 1 BR

  • 640 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,081/month

    Average Rent

Getting Around

Very Walkable

Walkability

80 / 100

Some Public Transit

Transit

40 / 100

Fairly Drivable

Drivability

50 / 100

Moderately Bikeable

Bikeability

60 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 5 Minute Walk

Groceries

90 / 100

Great Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

80 / 100

Good Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

60 / 100

Great Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

80 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

60 / 100

Good Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

60 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere

Vibrancy

60 / 100

Great Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

80 / 100

Somewhat Noisy

Quiet Score

80 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Louisiana Children's Museum
  • Entergy IMAX Theatre
  • Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
  • New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
  • Audubon Insectarium

Airports

  • Louis Armstrong New Orleans International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.