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Louisiana·East Baton Rouge County
77 tracts·207K people·$235K median·2,377/mi²
Black 50 · White 35 · Hispanic 6 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 4 · Other 1
Living alone 39 · Other 33 · Married couple 29
Health 29 · Professional 24 · Retail 14 · Public admin 11 · Manufacturing 11 · Leisure 8 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 42 · Service 21 · Sales · office 19 · Production · transport 12 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 74 · Carpool 22 · Work from home 8 · Walk 3 · Transit 2 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Baton Rouge is $234,700 (Census ACS) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Baton Rouge has 222,771 residents across 62 census tracts and 61 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 31.5; the population is 50.4% Black, 34.8% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 4.0% Multiracial, 4.0% Asian and 0.7% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 36.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 25.7% (Census ACS).
Mayfair Laboratory School (93%), Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School (93%) and B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet (80%) lead the elementary schools; Sherwood Middle Academic Academy (80%), McKinley Middle Magnet School (55%) and Glasgow Middle School (37%) lead the middle schools; Baton Rouge Magnet High School (86%), Liberty High School (53%) and Madison Preparatory Academy (36%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,067/month, 32% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Baton Rouge is $49,994 a year, 42% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Baton Rouge, median rent is $1,067/month and the median home value is $234,700 (Census ACS).
Baton Rouge reported 10.0 violent crimes and 55.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 92°F; winter lows average 43°F; there are 86 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 63 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Baton Rouge are tornado (74), cold wave (64) and heat wave (58), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.07g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Baton Rouge, 3.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).