55 census tracts
Baton Rouge.Louisiana housing market
This Baton Rouge housing market report covers about 99,400 homes across 55 census tracts. Rent growth in Baton Rouge is 1.5% a year at the median, the 2nd slowest of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks, against the Louisiana median of 2.6%. For August 2026, the average listing price is $401,778 across 1,520 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).
- Average listing price
- $401,778 1,520 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
- Approximate homes
- 99,400 across 55 assigned tracts
- Renter-occupied
- 52% of occupied homes
Baton Rouge housing market context
- The median census tract scores 57.3 on the PriceDNA Location Score™, the 3rd lowest of the 139 markets.
- 17.7% of homes are vacant, higher than in 134 of the 139 markets.
- Rent takes 36.7% of household income at the median (its rent-to-income ratio), higher than in 133 of the 139 markets, against the Louisiana median of 33.3%.
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Location score distribution
How location scores vary across 55 census tracts in Baton Rouge.
Half of Baton Rouge's tracts score between 53 and 59. The full range spans 49 to 67, with a median of 57.3.
What the location score shows
PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.
The middle half of Baton Rouge's tracts is 6.3 points wide on the score, wider than in 70 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
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Housing composition
Key housing statistics for approximately 99,400 homes in Baton Rouge, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.
Of about 99,400 homes, 17.7% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 52% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.
By structure type, about 58% of Baton Rouge’s housing units are in single-family structures, 11% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 30% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.
How Baton Rouge compares
Baton Rouge's median is above the Louisiana median on 4 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 4. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.
| Metric | Baton Rouge lower · median · upper Baton Rouge | Louisiana LA | United States US |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
$32,518 $47,689 $71,751 | $60,264 | $77,171 |
|
Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
|
20% 43% 58% | 31% | 41% |
|
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
|
31% 34% 37% | 32% | 32% |
|
FHFA HPI · 2025
|
2.2% every tract | 1.8% | 5.2% |
|
HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
|
0.9% 1.5% 1.9% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
|
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
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1.26% every tract | 1.26% | 1.65% |
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Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
|
0.85% 1.12% 2.04% | 1.28% | 0.56% |
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Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
35.2% 36.7% 39.3% | 33.3% | 30.8% |
About this data
PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.
Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.
The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.
These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.
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