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Baton Rouge city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Baton Rouge city 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.
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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 7(a) lending to Baton Rouge borrowers
- Approvals328
- Gross approval$195,038,600
- Average approval$594,630
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,728,000
- 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
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Baton Rouge
SBA 504 lending to Baton Rouge borrowers
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$26,587,000
- Average approval$1,022,577
- Median approval$727,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported480
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs8
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
These are East Baton Rouge Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Baton Rouge measurements.
- Establishments in East Baton Rouge Parish12,542
- Employment at those establishments, East Baton Rouge Parish244,574
- Covered employment, East Baton Rouge Parish270,603
- Average annual pay, East Baton Rouge Parish$66,778
- Average weekly wage, East Baton Rouge Parish$1,284
- Housing units permitted, East Baton Rouge Parish2,305
- Of those, single family, East Baton Rouge Parish1,770
- County product, 2024, East Baton Rouge Parish$47,132,325,000
- County product change over the prior year, East Baton Rouge Parish6.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, East Baton Rouge Parish$63,598
Every figure in this section is published for East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Baton Rouge. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
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 totalling $195.0 m, across 74 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 26 504 approvals worth $26.6 m. 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 labelled 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?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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