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Fastest-growing city in Louisiana: Mandeville
Change YOY: 1.7 percent
Change since 2000: 29.28 percent
Average household income: $130,846
Why: Mandeville, located across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, is accessible to the city by the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway—parallel bridges that are among the world's longest. The area is quieter and more rural than the South Shore and has spacious lot sizes, low-density residential development, and a construction height limitation of 35 feet, according to the city website. The median list price of homes in Mandeville was $239,900 in March, higher than the $168,000 figure for New Orleans. Louisiana's total population has increased by only 1.4 percent since 2000, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

























































