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Census Tract 42.05, East Baton Rouge, LA

5,981 Population
1.9 square miles 3,220.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Baker: 33.5 ±3
  • about the same as the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 34.1 ±0.2

Economics

$25,082 ±$3,437 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Baker: $23,746 † ±$2,823
  • about two-thirds of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $38,736 ±$1,080
$63,322 ±$10,673 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Baker: $54,750 † ±$12,198
  • about the same as the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $63,071 ±$2,142

28.8% ±10.1% (1,722  ±626) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Baker: 29.8% † 3,612 (±8% / ±969)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 19.6% 85,736 (±1.2% / ±5,371)

24.7 minutes ±4 (62,880  ±15,663) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Baker: 24.3 118,070 (±1.8 / ±16,329)
  • a little higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 23.6 4,428,025 (±0.4 / ±104,767)

Families

2,090 ±270 Number of households
  • Baker: 4,292 ±345
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 177,295 ±1,381
2.9 ±0.5 (5,970  ±600) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Baker: 2.8 12,104 (±0.2 / ±36)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 2.5 437,759 (±0 / ±180)

2.5% ±3.2% (40  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Baker: 4.3% † 148 (±2.9% / ±102)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.4% † 5,234 (±0.7% / ±822)

Housing

2,465 ±306 Number of housing units
  • Baker: 5,009 ±400
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 206,591 ±136

$158,300 ±$9,795 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Baker: $157,900 ±$9,541
  • about two-thirds of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $248,800 ±$3,342

6.1% ±3.9% (362  ±236.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Baker: 10.7% † 1,297 (±3.7% / ±450.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 15.9% 71,057 (±1% / ±4,586.6)

Social

89.4% ±14.7% (3,533  ±739.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Baker: 88.1% † 6,624 (±9.5% / ±849.5)
  • about the same as the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 90.8% 257,565 (±1.6% / ±4,468.3)
21.7% ±8.1% (858  ±339.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Baker: 20.6% † 1,551 (±5% / ±391.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 38.5% 109,286 (±1% / ±2,784.6)

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

0.7% ±0.9% (39  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Baker: 0.9% † 113 (±0.8% / ±103)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 7.1% 32,007

2.8% ±1.8% (129  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Baker: 3% † 269 (±1.3% / ±122)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.4% 15,343 (±0.4% / ±1,249)
129 Total veterans ±83 101 Male ±77 28 Female ±43

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