Home values, rents and more in the Baton Rouge metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Baton Rouge metro compares
The typical home in the Baton Rouge metro area is worth about $246,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Baton Rouge metro are 15% above the typical value in Louisiana ($214,000) and 33% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Baton Rouge metro rose 2.7%, compared with +2.1% in Louisiana and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,366 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Louisiana ($1,384) and 29% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $69,599, against $60,756 in Louisiana and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 888,699 people live in the Baton Rouge metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Baton Rouge metro has the 429th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-highest of 18 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Louisiana
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Baton Rouge metro
- Ascension Parish, LA $310,000
- Assumption Parish, LA $179,000
- East Baton Rouge Parish, LA $232,000
- East Feliciana Parish, LA $223,000
- Iberville Parish, LA $177,000
- Livingston Parish, LA $252,000
- Pointe Coupee Parish, LA $189,000
- St. Helena Parish, LA $168,000
- West Baton Rouge Parish, LA $251,000
- West Feliciana Parish, LA $387,000
Cities in the Baton Rouge metro
- Baton Rouge, LA $228,000
- Prairieville, LA $340,000
- Zachary, LA $266,000
- Gonzales, LA $293,000
- Baker, LA $183,000
- Denham Springs, LA $255,000
- Addis, LA $247,000
- Donaldsonville, LA $176,000
- Saint Gabriel, LA $272,000
- Walker, LA $253,000
- Plaquemine, LA $172,000
- Port Allen, LA $214,000
- New Roads, LA $155,000
- Jackson, LA $207,000
- Brusly, LA $283,000
- Pierre Part, LA $202,000
- White Castle, LA $129,000
- Sorrento, LA $313,000
- Saint Francisville, LA $387,000
- Livingston, LA $250,000
- Killian, LA $255,000
- Labadieville, LA $152,000
- French Settlement, LA $226,000
- Slaughter, LA $238,000
- Ventress, LA $294,000
- Clinton, LA $226,000
- Albany, LA $225,000
- Port Vincent, LA $222,000
- Napoleonville, LA $170,000
- Norwood, LA $209,000
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.