Shotgun Homes by New Orleans Neighborhoodwith Ryan Roberts
Shotgun homes can be found throughout New Orleans, but the type of shotgun, surrounding housing stock, current market and historic context can change considerably from one neighborhood to another.
Ryan Roberts researches the geographic distribution of shotgun homes across New Orleans neighborhoods. His work looks at where shotgun properties are found, what forms they take, how they are currently used and how location changes the real estate context around them.
The Preservation Resource Center describes the shotgun house as one of New Orleans’ defining vernacular building types. Historic and preservation records document shotgun housing particularly clearly in Bywater, Faubourg Marigny, Tremé and the Seventh Ward, Mid-City, Irish Channel, Uptown, Carrollton and Central City.
A double shotgun in Bywater should not automatically be evaluated in the same way as a converted double in Uptown. A traditional single in Central City may have a different competitive set from a renovated shotgun in the Irish Channel. The building type connects them — location provides the context.
Where are shotgun homes found in New Orleans?
Shotgun homes are distributed across numerous New Orleans neighborhoods rather than concentrated in one isolated part of the city.
The Preservation Resource Center describes the shotgun as a vernacular building type found in almost every New Orleans neighborhood. Its historic-property resources specifically document shotgun houses across areas including the Upper Ninth Ward, Bywater, Faubourg Marigny, Irish Channel, Uptown and Riverbend.
Some neighborhoods contain particularly visible groups of historic shotguns because of when and how their residential streets developed. Others contain shotguns alongside Creole cottages, townhouses, bungalows, raised-basement homes and later residential buildings.
Shotgun forms sit within a wider vernacular streetscape — Creole cottage, single, double, camelback, side-gallery and bungalow.
That means the question is not simply which neighborhood has shotgun homes. A more useful real estate comparison considers:
- —Which shotgun types are present
- —How those properties are currently configured
- —Whether they are predominantly single-family or multi-family
- —Their condition and renovation history
- —Surrounding housing stock
- —Historic-district context
- —Current inventory
- —How buyers compare them with nearby alternatives
Shotgun home neighborhoods at a glance
| Area | Shotgun-home context |
|---|---|
| Bywater | Historic housing stock includes Victorian shotgun homes, doubles and other vernacular residences |
| Faubourg Marigny | Historic core neighborhood with shotguns, Creole cottages and other early residential forms |
| Tremé & Seventh Ward | Long-standing concentrations of shotgun cottages and double shotguns |
| Mid-City | Shotgun homes and early-20th-century residential architecture are characteristic of the area |
| Irish Channel | Historic residential streets include numerous shotgun homes and documented shotgun renovations |
| Uptown | Large historic district containing shotgun homes alongside a broad range of residential architecture |
| Carrollton & Riverbend | Shotgun housing forms part of the historic residential stock farther upriver |
| Central City | Shotgun cottages were a major part of the neighborhood’s historic housing development |
| St. Roch / New Marigny | Shotgun housing forms part of the historic residential landscape surrounding the Seventh Ward and Upper Ninth Ward |
These are not the only places where shotgun homes exist. They are useful starting points because the relationship between shotgun housing and neighborhood development is particularly well documented.
How are New Orleans neighborhood boundaries defined?
New Orleans neighborhood names do not always operate as perfectly interchangeable geographic boundaries.
The City of New Orleans maintains Neighborhood Statistical Areas for planning and data purposes, explaining that these boundaries developed from Census Tracts and were formalized as statistical areas to provide stable geographic units for local analysis. The current City dataset contains 72 Neighborhood Statistical Areas.
Someone may also encounter:
- —Historic-district boundaries
- —Zoning districts
- —National Register historic districts
- —Commonly used neighborhood names
- —ZIP codes
- —Real estate listing areas
The City of New Orleans’ Where Y’At address lookup identifies neighborhood, zoning, districts and municipal information for individual addresses. The City’s Property Viewer provides additional zoning and historic/conservation-district information.
Shotgun homes in Bywater
Bywater contains a substantial historic housing stock that includes Victorian shotgun homes, Creole cottages and other New Orleans residential building types.
The Preservation Resource Center specifically describes Bywater’s residential architecture as ranging from Victorian shotgun homes to Italianate mansions and Creole cottages. Development occurred over a long period, producing a housing stock with considerable variation rather than one uniform architectural form.
For Ryan Roberts, that makes Bywater particularly relevant to shotgun-home research.
Shotgun homes in Faubourg Marigny
Faubourg Marigny contains shotgun homes within one of New Orleans’ earliest historic residential environments.
The neighborhood lies immediately downriver from the Vieux Carré and was designated a National Register Historic District in 1974. Its housing includes multiple historic forms rather than shotgun homes alone.
The City of New Orleans groups Faubourg Marigny with Tremé and Bywater within its Historic Core Neighborhoods zoning framework. The City’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance describes these areas as neighborhoods that developed during the colonial period or continued those early development patterns.
Shotgun homes in Tremé and the Seventh Ward
Shotgun houses and cottages form an important part of the historic residential fabric of Tremé and the surrounding Seventh Ward.
The City includes Tremé within its Historic Core Neighborhood framework alongside Faubourg Marigny, Bywater and the Vieux Carré.
Preservation research also documents shotgun housing throughout this area. The Preservation Resource Center describes double shotgun houses as a common building form in the Seventh Ward and nearby Tremé.
Shotgun homes in Mid-City
Shotgun homes are a characteristic part of Mid-City’s residential architecture.
The Preservation Resource Center describes Mid-City as having a coherent collection of shotgun houses and early-20th-century residential architecture, with shotgun homes and bungalows forming typical elements of the neighborhood’s housing stock. Mid-City was listed as a National Register Historic District in 1993.
This creates a different housing context from some of the older Historic Core neighborhoods.
Shotgun homes in the Irish Channel
Shotgun homes form part of the Irish Channel’s historic residential architecture, alongside other New Orleans building types.
The Irish Channel is a National Register Historic District, and the Preservation Resource Center documents historic shotgun houses and renovations within the neighborhood.
For Ryan Roberts, the Irish Channel is a particularly useful example of the difference between building type and present-day configuration. Historic shotguns in the area have been altered in numerous ways to accommodate modern residential use.
Shotgun homes in Uptown New Orleans
Uptown contains shotgun homes within a much broader historic residential landscape.
The Preservation Resource Center describes the Uptown National Register Historic District as the city’s largest, encompassing more than 10,000 significant historic buildings. Shotgun homes exist within this larger mixture of residential architecture rather than defining every street.
PRC has separately documented double-shotgun properties and preservation cases within Uptown.
Shotgun homes in Carrollton and Riverbend
Shotgun homes extend upriver into Carrollton and the Riverbend area, continuing the building type well beyond New Orleans’ earliest historic core.
The Preservation Resource Center includes Carrollton among its historic neighborhood resources, while its broader shotgun research identifies the Riverbend among areas where concentrated examples of shotgun housing can be seen.
Carrollton originated as a separate community outside New Orleans before later becoming part of the city, giving its development history a different context from Marigny, Tremé or Bywater.
Shotgun homes in Central City
Shotgun cottages were a major part of Central City’s historic residential development.
The Preservation Resource Center describes turn-of-the-20th-century Central City as a neighborhood where many residents lived in shotgun cottages built as rental housing, interspersed with larger houses and townhouses.
That historic pattern still matters to understanding the area’s housing stock today.
Shotgun homes in St. Roch and New Marigny
Shotgun housing is also part of the historic residential fabric surrounding St. Roch, New Marigny and the Seventh Ward.
Preservation research on New Marigny describes shotgun houses within the area’s historic housing stock, while the Preservation Resource Center has separately documented a circa-1895 shotgun house relocated and restored in St. Roch.
These areas extend the shotgun-home relationship beyond the best-known river-adjacent historic neighborhoods.
Are there shotgun homes outside these neighborhoods?
Yes. Shotgun homes are not limited to the neighborhoods covered above.
The Preservation Resource Center describes the shotgun as a building type found throughout New Orleans. The neighborhoods on this page receive greater attention because there is a clear documented relationship between the area and shotgun housing, not because they represent an exhaustive boundary.
Other parts of the city can contain individual shotgun homes or groups of shotgun properties. Ryan’s research expands according to the actual housing stock and market evidence rather than assuming shotgun geography stops at a neighborhood line.
Which New Orleans neighborhood has the most shotgun homes?
There is no current official City or MLS dataset that publishes a complete count of shotgun houses by New Orleans neighborhood.
City property and planning databases generally classify parcels, land use, zoning and geographic areas rather than maintaining shotgun as a universal structured property field. Real estate listings likewise classify properties primarily according to current categories such as single-family and multi-family rather than architectural form.
Ryan instead uses several forms of evidence together:
- —Documented architectural and preservation records
- —Current property listings
- —Historic-district research
- —Individual property classification
- —Recurring market analysis
The result is a progressively stronger picture of where different shotgun forms occur.
Where is current shotgun home inventory concentrated?
Current market inventory provides a different measurement from the total historic housing stock.
In the August 14, 2026 New Orleans shotgun housing market analysis, Ryan Roberts identified 52 consistently priced homes in the public shotgun-style inventory used for the study. Approximately 79% of those priced properties were located within ZIP codes 70117, 70119 and 70118.
The active-listing view remains separate from neighborhood classification. Use the shotgun homes for sale in New Orleans hub to see how the current property set is framed before comparing locations.
The finding instead shows that a substantial share of the current for-sale shotgun inventory captured by that dataset is concentrated within several parts of the city east, north and upriver of the traditional downtown core. Ryan’s neighborhood research adds the finer geographic classification needed to understand those properties individually.
How does neighborhood affect the price of a shotgun home?
Neighborhood affects the competitive market surrounding a shotgun home, but it does not produce a universal price adjustment. A home’s value still reflects the complete property.
Ryan considers location alongside:
- —Shotgun type and current configuration
- —Square footage
- —Lot
- —Condition
- —Renovation
- —Current use
- —Bedroom and bathroom arrangement
- —Outdoor space
- —Comparable market evidence
A renovated single shotgun in Bywater should therefore not automatically be compared with an unrenovated multi-family double in Central City simply because both are shotguns.
The central question is: which properties would a buyer realistically compare with this home? That competitive set usually becomes more useful when building type and geography are considered together.
Does the type of shotgun change by neighborhood?
The fundamental forms — single, double, camelback and other shotgun configurations — appear in multiple parts of New Orleans. What can change is their relative presence and surrounding housing context.
- —A double shotgun may sit within a block containing several other doubles
- —A single shotgun may be surrounded by Creole cottages
- —A renovated shotgun may compete with larger historic single-family homes
- —A camelback may provide substantially more living space than nearby one-story examples
The neighborhood therefore does not create a different definition of shotgun. It changes the real estate context around the property.
How do historic districts affect shotgun homes by neighborhood?
Historic-district boundaries add another geographic layer.
The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission currently maintains information for districts including Bywater, Carrollton, Faubourg Marigny, Irish Channel, Mid-City, Tremé, Uptown and several other areas. The City’s HDLC explains that its role is to regulate designated local historic districts and landmarks outside the Vieux Carré.
For address-specific research, use the City’s Where Y’At, Property Viewer and HDLC Historic Landmarks and Districts map.
How should buyers choose between shotgun-home neighborhoods?
For a buyer specifically searching for a shotgun home, the most useful approach is to separate property requirements from geographic requirements. Some buyers begin with the neighborhood; others begin with the building type. Both approaches can work.
A buyer may prioritize:
- —Price range
- —Single versus double
- —One residence versus multiple units
- —Traditional versus modified floor plan
- —Condition and renovation potential
- —Historic-district context
- —Lot and parking
- —Proximity to specific places and infrastructure
Ryan helps buyers identify which of those property characteristics matter most and then evaluate available shotgun homes within the locations that fit the search. Read the complete guide to buying a shotgun home in New Orleans or begin with shotgun homes for sale in New Orleans.
How should sellers compare their home with other neighborhood properties?
For a seller, the neighborhood provides the first geographic layer of the competitive market. It should not be the only layer.
A useful comparison considers whether another property shares important characteristics such as:
- —Building form
- —Current use
- —Layout
- —Size
- —Renovation level
- —Lot
- —Condition
- —Buyer appeal
A nearby shotgun may be a poor comparison if it represents a fundamentally different property. Likewise, a non-shotgun property may sometimes provide useful supporting market evidence if buyers would realistically consider it as an alternative.
Ryan’s selling analysis combines property similarity with neighborhood context rather than relying on either one alone. Read the guide to selling a shotgun home in New Orleans.
How Ryan researches the geographic distribution of shotgun homes
Ryan Roberts researches the geographic distribution of shotgun homes across New Orleans neighborhoods. The research combines multiple layers of evidence. Learn more about Ryan Roberts’ real estate and neighborhood research and the work behind the analysis.
City neighborhood boundaries
Ryan uses City of New Orleans geographic resources to distinguish official Neighborhood Statistical Areas from informal neighborhood labels. The City’s current Neighborhood Statistical Area dataset provides the geographic framework used for local planning and statistical analysis.
Historic district information
The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission provides official boundaries and information for locally regulated historic districts.
Address-level property research
The City’s Where Y’At and Property Viewer allow neighborhood, zoning and historic-district information to be checked for an individual address.
Architectural and preservation research
The Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans maintains extensive neighborhood and architectural documentation, including records of shotgun houses and renovations across the city.
Current market inventory
Ryan tracks the New Orleans shotgun housing market to understand where currently available properties are located, how they are configured and what buyers are being asked to pay.
Together, these sources help Ryan build a property-specific picture rather than relying on a generic neighborhood label.
Official neighborhood and property resources
Official statistical neighborhood geography used for planning and analysis
Address-based neighborhood, zoning, district and City-service information
Property-specific zoning and historic/conservation-district information
Official map and information for local historic districts and landmarks
Current City zoning framework
Historic neighborhood and architectural research
Questions about shotgun homes by neighborhood
Explore New Orleans shotgun homes with Ryan Roberts
A shotgun home’s location is part of what makes the property distinct. Bywater, Marigny, Tremé, Mid-City, Irish Channel, Uptown, Carrollton and Central City all contain shotgun housing, but the surrounding residential context changes from place to place.
Ryan researches the geographic distribution of New Orleans shotgun homes at both the property and neighborhood level: identifying the building type, understanding its present configuration, establishing the exact location and then comparing it with the market around it. For buyers, that creates a more focused search. For sellers, a more relevant competitive set.