[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 1.66 square miles (4.3 km2), all land.

The Orleans Parish Criminal Court, the Faubourg Brewing Company, Jesuit High School, Warren Easton High School, and the Falstaff Brewery (now converted to apartments) are physically among the most prominent buildings scattered across Mid-City, in addition to a number of churches and large houses along Canal Street.

Mid-City is a generally local, middle-class neighborhood in that it contains fewer tourist destinations than other parts of the city.

Joanna Weiss of the Boston Globe reported that "a fire truck waited down the street, almost as an afterthought.

"[10] Mid-City experienced extensive flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and has been involved in an ongoing rebuilding effort.

Repopulation and reconstruction are concentrated along major thoroughfares; March 2007 estimates were that 55% of the residents were again living in the area.