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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Baton Rouge is a Census city of 222,771 people across 86.94 square miles of land, in East Baton Rouge Parish. Median household income is $49,994, 47.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 328 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $195.0 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Baton Rouge
What Baton Rouge is
- Census place typecity
- Land area86.94 sq mi
- Water area2.2 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,562
- County holding the largest share of its areaEast Baton Rouge Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baton Rouge
How many people live in Baton Rouge
- Population222,771
- Median age31.5
- Population under 1846,672
- Share under 1821.0 percent
- Population 65 and over31,584
- Share 65 and over14.2 percent
- Households88,205
- Family households45,301
- Share of households that are families51.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baton Rouge
Income and work in Baton Rouge
- Median household income$49,994
- Per capita income$34,731
- Civilian labor force109,813
- Employed99,665
- Unemployed10,148
- Unemployment rate9.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over133,438
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baton Rouge
Housing in Baton Rouge
- Housing units106,712
- Occupied units88,205
- Vacant units18,507
- Vacancy rate17.3 percent
- Owner occupied42,151
- Renter occupied46,054
- Ownership rate47.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$234,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,067
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.6 percent
- Single family units61,806
- Share single family57.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more44,090
- Share in buildings of two or more41.3 percent
- Mobile homes774 plus or minus 263
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baton Rouge
How Baton Rouge gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute89,442
- Commuting under 15 minutes26,762
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more20,049
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.4 percent
- Drove alone74.1 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked3.3 percent
- Worked from home8.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baton Rouge
SBA loans in Baton Rouge (7(a))
- Approvals328
- Gross approval$195,038,600
- Average approval$594,630
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,714,700
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported3,684
- Jobs per approval11.2
- Loans with a final outcome47
- Paid in full46
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.0 percent
- Share to franchises16.5 percent
- Distinct lenders74
- Distinct industries by NAICS134
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Baton Rouge, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Baton Rouge
SBA loans in Baton Rouge (504)
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$26,587,000
- Average approval$1,022,577
- Median approval$656,500
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported480
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs8
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Baton Rouge, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 10 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Baton Rouge Parish, not Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish context, not Baton Rouge figures
- Establishments in East Baton Rouge Parish12,542
- Covered employment, East Baton Rouge Parish270,603
- Average annual pay, East Baton Rouge Parish$66,778
- Housing units permitted, East Baton Rouge Parish2,305
Every figure in this section is published for East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Baton Rouge.
All East Baton Rouge Parish figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Baton Rouge questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana?
222,771, in 88,205 households. Baton Rouge city covers 86.94 square miles of land, which is 2,562 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Baton Rouge in?
East Baton Rouge Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Baton Rouge?
$49,994. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $234,700. Median gross rent is $1,067 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Baton Rouge businesses?
328 7(a) approvals totaling $195.0 m since FY2020, across 74 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 26 504 approvals worth $26.6 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Baton Rouge, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Baton Rouge borrowers get paid back?
Of the 47 loans that have reached a final outcome, 46 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 2.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Baton Rouge figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Baton Rouge.
Is zoning published for Baton Rouge?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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