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District 8, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

38,918 Population
10.4 square miles 3,740 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 34.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,499 ±$2,794 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $38,131 ±$1,014
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$70,236 ±$5,331 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $63,075 ±$2,141
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

9.4% ±3% (3,626  ±1,192) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 18.6% 81,374 (±1% / ±4,547)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

23.6 minutes ±1.2 (422,530  ±42,456) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 23.6 4,563,895 (±0.5 / ±123,645)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

15,885 ±983 Number of households
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 175,408 ±1,261
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.1 (38,831  ±3,079) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 2.5 438,679 (±0 / ±160)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.1% ±1.7% (404  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.5% † 5,327 (±0.7% / ±787)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

17,629 ±944 Number of housing units
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 205,518 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$240,600 ±$6,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $241,800 ±$3,539
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

11.2% ±2.2% (4,314  ±896.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 16.3% 72,881 (±0.9% / ±3,970)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

95.4% ±9.2% (24,614  ±1,652.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 90.8% 257,730 (±1.7% / ±4,687.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
36.2% ±3.3% (9,347  ±1,065.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 38.2% 108,485 (±1% / ±2,935.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9% ±1.6% (3,512  ±691) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 6.7% 30,495
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

4.2% ±1.1% (1,226  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.7% 16,471 (±0.3% / ±1,204)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
1,226 Total veterans ±316 1,094 Male ±294 132 Female ±106

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