What is the median rent in Baton Rouge, LA?

Name: Median rent in Baton Rouge, LA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Baton Rouge, LA is $1,067 (±$21) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 43,946 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Baton Rouge, the median gross rent went from $879 in 2015–2019 to $1,067 in 2020–2024 (+21.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,067 (±$21)
Rented homes: 43,946 (±1,573)
$2,000 or more: 4.7%
Since 2015–2019: +21.4%

How much rent costs in Baton Rouge

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	Louisiana	United States
Less than $500	5.7% (±1.2 points)	4.3%	9.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	37.4% (±2.3 points)	31.4%	35.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	39.3% (±2.7 points)	40.6%	36.3%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	12.9% (±1.9 points)	17.1%	13.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	3.4% (±1.0 points)	4.6%	3.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.8% (±0.4 points)	1.3%	0.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.5% (±0.3 points)	0.6%	0.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 39.3% of renting households.

4.7% of rented homes in Baton Rouge cost $2,000 or more a month.

Baton Rouge against East Baton Rouge Parish, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	Louisiana	United States
Median gross rent	$1,067 (±$21)	$1,147 (±$19)	$1,064 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	43,946 (±1,573)	68,599 (±1,851)	530,528 (±5,612)	42,849,984

In Baton Rouge, median gross rent is lower than in East Baton Rouge Parish ($1,147).

It is not measurably different from Louisiana ($1,064).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge ranks 13 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 88 of 349.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Baton Rouge has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$879 (±$14)	$1,067 (±$21)	+21.4%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	50.2% (±1.1 points)	52.2% (±1.5 points)	+2.0 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	9.7% (±1.3 points)	11.2% (±1.2 points)	+1.5 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Baton Rouge

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Baton Rouge
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Baton Rouge	—	$1,067 (±$21)	—
Westminster	3.4 mi	$1,482 (±$416)	Not measurably different
Merrydale	4.4 mi	$1,311 (±$156)	Higher
Port Allen	4.4 mi	$958 (±$231)	Not measurably different
Inniswold	4.7 mi	$1,550 (±$166)	Higher
Oak Hills Place	5.5 mi	$1,422 (±$116)	Higher
Gardere	5.7 mi	$1,157 (±$71)	Higher
Monticello	6.2 mi	$1,284 (±$330)	Not measurably different
Village St. George	6.8 mi	$1,451 (±$140)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Merrydale, LA ($1,311), Inniswold, LA ($1,550), Oak Hills Place, LA ($1,422).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across East Baton Rouge Parish, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
7	Old Jefferson	$1,357 (±$166)
8	Merrydale	$1,311 (±$156)
9	Central	$1,309 (±$101)
10	Monticello	$1,284 (±$330)
11	Shenandoah	$1,201 (±$102)
12	Gardere	$1,157 (±$71)
13	Baton Rouge	$1,067 (±$21)
14	Baker	$993 (±$301)

Showing 8 of 14 places in East Baton Rouge Parish, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Baton Rouge

What is the average rent in Baton Rouge, LA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Baton Rouge is $1,067 (±$21) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Baton Rouge?

In Baton Rouge, the median gross rent went from $879 in 2015–2019 to $1,067 in 2020–2024 (+21.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Baton Rouge cost more than $2,000 a month?

4.7% of rented homes in Baton Rouge have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 5.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Baton Rouge higher than in East Baton Rouge Parish?

In Baton Rouge, median gross rent is lower than in East Baton Rouge Parish ($1,147).

It is not measurably different from Louisiana ($1,064).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Baton Rouge city, Louisiana (place:05000, in state:22).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.