West Lake Forest has a mixture of single-family detached homes, apartment complexes, and townhomes.
The opening of newer, larger malls in the Greater New Orleans area also depleted its customer base.
[2] By the 1990s, the neighborhood saw an increase in the number of low-income residents as public housing developments in other parts of the city were closed.
[2] Approximately 33.4% of West Lake Forest's pre-Katrina household population had returned to the neighborhood as of June 2008.
[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, West Lake Forest has a total area of 1.37 square miles (3.5 km2).