Home values, rents and more in Baton Rouge, LA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Baton Rouge compares
The typical home in Baton Rouge, LA is worth about $228,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Baton Rouge are 7% below the typical value in the Baton Rouge metro area ($246,000) and 38% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Baton Rouge rose 2.1%, compared with +2.7% in the Baton Rouge metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,301 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% below the Baton Rouge metro area ($1,366) and 33% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $49,994, against $69,599 in the Baton Rouge metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 222,771 people live in Baton Rouge (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Baton Rouge has the 15th-highest typical home value of the 30 cities in the Baton Rouge metro area and the 59th-highest of 244 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: East Baton Rouge Parish, LA · Baton Rouge metro area · Louisiana
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Nearby cities
ZIP codes in Baton Rouge, LA
- 70802 · Baton Rouge $69,241
- 70805 · Baton Rouge $58,561
- 70806 · Baton Rouge $247,000
- 70807 · Baton Rouge $94,738
- 70808 · Baton Rouge $357,000
- 70809 · Baton Rouge $310,000
- 70810 · Baton Rouge $336,000
- 70811 · Baton Rouge $163,000
- 70812 · Baton Rouge $128,000
- 70814 · Baton Rouge $211,000
- 70815 · Baton Rouge $218,000
- 70816 · Baton Rouge $238,000
- 70817 · Baton Rouge $307,000
- 70818 · Baton Rouge $273,000
- 70819 · Baton Rouge $179,000
- 70820 · Baton Rouge $240,000
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.