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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 222,185 people, 85,617 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $204,495, house prices in Baton Rouge are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Baton Rouge, accounting for 57.03% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Baton Rouge include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 29.67%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.35%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.18%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Baton Rouge are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 47.15% owning and 52.85% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Baton Rouge built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Baton Rouge built between 1940-1969 ( 35.21%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 16.14%). There's also some housing in Baton Rouge built before 1939 ( 6.01%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Baton Rouge. Fully 18.11% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Baton Rouge homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Baton Rouge real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Baton Rouge's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Baton Rouge during the period has been just 3.68%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Baton Rouge appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Baton Rouge's appreciation rate has been 7.48%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Baton Rouge were at -0.70%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.79%.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Baton Rouge's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Baton Rouge differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Baton Rouge - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Baton Rouge real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
Average for Nation
High for LA