Home values, rents and more in Baker, LA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Baker compares
The typical home in Baker, LA is worth about $183,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Baker are 26% below the typical value in the Baton Rouge metro area ($246,000) and 50% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Baker rose 2.6%, compared with +2.7% in the Baton Rouge metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,225 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 10% below the Baton Rouge metro area ($1,366) and 37% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $54,750, against $69,599 in the Baton Rouge metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 12,253 people live in Baker (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Baker has the 7th-lowest typical home value of the 30 cities in the Baton Rouge metro area and the 112th-highest of 244 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: East Baton Rouge Parish, LA · Baton Rouge metro area · Louisiana
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.