Westwego, Louisiana

Westwego population, 2020 to 2024

Westwego lost 310 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +12. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Westwego is 70% of it.

Westwego covers 3.12 square miles of land and 0.48 of water, for 2,638 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Westwego is denser than the typical town.

What county Westwego is in

All of Westwego's residents live in Jefferson Parish, which had 427,253 residents in 2024. Westwego holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Westwego

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Westwego by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70094. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Westwego is

The Census internal point of Westwego is at 29.905400, -90.143500. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 73.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harahan, LA (8,819 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 16.2 miles away.

Daylight in Westwego

At 29.91° N, Westwego gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Westwego

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Harahan, 4.1 miles away, with 8,819 people.