Metro area · CBSA 12940
Baton Rouge
The Baton Rouge, LA metro area has 875,313 people. Median rent is $1,135, 19.6% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in East Baton Rouge Parish at $1,149. Of the 48 places we track here, Pierre Part has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$69,599
Median home value
$241,100
Unemployment
6.5%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,149
HUD, East Baton Rouge Parish
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge | 222,771 | $1,067 | 25.6% |
| Prairieville | 35,238 | $1,324 | 15.1% |
| Central | 29,783 | $1,309 | 17.5% |
| Zachary | 19,952 | $1,527 | 21.7% |
| Gonzales | 13,108 | $1,497 | 23.8% |
| Baker | 12,253 | $993 | 21.8% |
| Gardere | 12,223 | $1,157 | 25.1% |
| Merrydale | 9,490 | $1,311 | 37.9% |
| Denham Springs | 9,323 | $1,014 | 17.0% |
| Addis | 7,252 | $1,273 | 14.1% |
| Donaldsonville | 6,831 | $827 | 42.0% |
| St. Gabriel | 6,639 | $1,017 | 16.3% |
| Walker | 6,390 | $1,028 | 15.3% |
| Plaquemine | 6,075 | $880 | 15.2% |
| Port Allen | 4,942 | $958 | 19.3% |
| New Roads | 4,404 | $736 | 17.2% |
| Brownfields | 4,261 | $1,147 | 20.9% |
| Monticello | 3,999 | $1,284 | 21.9% |
| Jackson | 3,958 | $785 | 24.9% |
| Brusly | 2,593 | $1,469 | 16.7% |
| Erwinville | 2,420 | $661 | 9.1% |
| Pierre Part | 2,308 | $283 | 5.6% |
| White Castle | 2,237 | $733 | 46.9% |
| Sorrento | 2,203 | $1,344 | 13.7% |
| Bayou L'Ourse | 2,132 | $774 | 15.4% |
| St. Francisville | 1,805 | $1,083 | 22.8% |
| Livingston | 1,747 | $702 | 13.6% |
| Killian | 1,694 | $2,086 | 37.0% |
| Labadieville | 1,408 | $1,460 | 36.5% |
| Belle Rose | 1,400 | $810 | 15.9% |
| Watson | 1,357 | $1,151 | 14.3% |
| French Settlement | 1,295 | $1,183 | 19.6% |
| Slaughter | 1,250 | $1,571 | 26.0% |
| Ventress | 1,166 | $1,190 | 20.0% |
| Clinton | 1,136 | $993 | 20.7% |
| Livonia | 1,097 | $758 | 12.5% |
| Rosedale | 1,034 | $827 | 12.7% |
| Paincourtville | 1,008 | $810 | 15.9% |
| Greensburg | 994 | $219 | 5.8% |
| Albany | 991 | $705 | 18.2% |
| Fordoche | 934 | $690 | 12.9% |
| Lemannville | 841 | $1,318 | 93.3% |
| Wilson | 838 | $381 | 13.3% |
| Supreme | 803 | $810 | 32.7% |
| Maringouin | 752 | $763 | 27.1% |
| Port Vincent | 673 | $734 | 14.4% |
| Morganza | 600 | $906 | 24.5% |
| Napoleonville | 511 | $759 | 47.5% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.