New Orleans Building Permit Report Card
LA
D
Score: 41/100
Score Breakdown
Closure Rate59.2% (70% weight)
Year-over-Year Trend-36.8 pp (30% weight)
259,437
Total Permits
105,839
Open Permits
59.2%
Closure Rate
79,957
Stalled 5+ Years
New Orleans's closure rate is 18 percentage points below the 77.2% average across all tracked cities.
How This Grade Is Calculated
The score combines closure rate (70% weight) and year-over-year trend (30% weight). Closure rate measures the percentage of rate-eligible permits (those older than one year) that have been closed. Trend measures the change in closure rate compared to the prior year, clamped to +/- 10 percentage points.
Grade scale: A (90+), B (75-89), C (60-74), D (40-59), F (below 40).