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Baton Rouge, LA

220,901 Population
86.9 square miles 2,540.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$33,350 ±$3,056 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $37,556 ±$1,057
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
$50,332 ±$7,466 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $69,293 ±$3,794
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803

27.5% ±4.1% (56,860  ±8,505) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 17.8% 151,534 (±1.6% / ±13,680)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 835,267 (±0.6% / ±28,512)

21.7 minutes ±1.2 (1,963,270  ±162,863) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 27.3 10,263,175 (±0.7 / ±331,099)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 26.2 49,209,404 (±0.3 / ±747,344)

Families

88,745 ±3,476 Number of households
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 343,718 ±3,985
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
2.3 ±0.1 (206,711  ±470) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 2.5 853,582 (±0 / ±1,748)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016

5.4% ±2.2% (3,415  ±1,390) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.7% † 12,416 (±1.1% / ±2,396)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)

Housing

108,987 ±3,899 Number of housing units
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 391,411 ±1,393
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318

$251,100 ±$14,635 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $252,000 ±$6,286
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575

19.6% ±3.2% (42,868  ±6,912.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 12.9% 112,530 (±1.2% / ±10,833.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)

Social

89.2% ±4.3% (118,040  ±6,941) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 90.2% 523,464 (±2.2% / ±13,159.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
37.5% ±2.9% (49,573  ±4,137.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 30.9% 179,371 (±1.3% / ±7,706.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)

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

7.7% ±1.4% (16,900  ±3,153) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 46,093
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225

4.1% ±1% (7,155  ±1,715) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.3% † 35,655 (±0.6% / ±3,891)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
7,155 Total veterans ±1,715 5,791 Male ±1,387 1,364 Female ±1,015

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