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New Orleans, LA vs Orange Beach, AL

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of Orange Beach is 0.2% longer than it is for residents of New Orleans.
- 50.6% more residents of Orange Beach work from home compared to residents of New Orleans.
 New Orleans, LAOrange Beach, ALUnited States
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 Commute Mode
 New Orleans, LAOrange Beach, ALUnited States
 Auto (alone)65.6%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock8.1%8.6%
 Mass Transit5.5%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.0%0.5%
 Walk5.4%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock14.9%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 New Orleans, LAOrange Beach, ALUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.2.3%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock13.6%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.14.0%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock15.8%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.18.1%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock2.8%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.15.7%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock2.2%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.2.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock7.4%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.3.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock1.3%2.9%
Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Orange Beach    3 Reviews

There is a great divide I agree but I live in Orange Beach and we are lower middle class and are quite happy. There are several things to do for families and with a  More

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Over 16 years ago

There is a great divide in rich and poor but I live in Orange Beach and we are lower middle class and are quite happy. There are several things to do for families and  More

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This area is heavily populated with ostentatious elitists. It is growing rapidly and, because it is so expensive to live here now, it seems to only be attracting the  More

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