Baton Rouge, LA (Louisiana) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 227,071 (Urban population: 226,958, Rural population: 113 (22 farm, 91 nonfarm))

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 97,288 (88,886 occupied: 46,597 owner occupied, 42,289 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	48%
State:	32%

Housing density: 1266 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $151,800.

Median contract rent in 2007: $553 (lower quartile is $403, upper quartile is $710)

Housing units in Baton Rouge with a mortgage: 27,022 (2,799 second mortgage, 2,119 home equity loan, 94 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16,168

Baton Rouge,LA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $142,000 (it was $93,100 in 2000)

Baton Rouge:	$142,000
Louisiana:	$126,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $86,700 - $215,500

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $191,497
Here: $191,497
State: $177,270

Townhouses or other attached units: $184,740
Here: $184,740
State: $167,971

In 2-unit structures: $85,000
Here: $85,000
State: $218,101

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $127,476
Here: $127,476
State: $189,844

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $115,736
Here: $115,736
State: $179,688

Mobile homes: $57,657
Here: $57,657
State: $34,481

Median year house/condo built: 1967

Median year apartment built: 1974

Household type by relationship

Households: 215,370

In family households: 169,877 (32,959 male householders, 20,168 female householders)
32,786 spouses, 64,043 children (58,956 natural, 1,691 adopted, 3,396 stepchildren), 7,613 grandchildren, 2,925 brothers or sisters, 1,499 parents, 3,940 other relatives, 3,944 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 45,493 (17,083 male householders (12,627 living alone)), 18,703 female householders (15,452 living alone)), 9,707 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 12,550 (3,407 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 21,552 2-persons, 12,996 3-persons, 10,231 4-persons, 4,883 5-persons, 2,193 6-persons, 1,272 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 28,079 1-person, 6,228 2-persons, 1,142 3-persons, 291 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

25,582 married couples with children.
20,917 single-parent households (2,601 men, 18,316 women).

91.2% of residents of Baton Rouge speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 9,993 (4.4%)
(35.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
	1 room: 29 2 rooms: 426 3 rooms: 1,703 4 rooms: 3,328 5 rooms: 9,056 6 rooms: 12,081 7 rooms: 8,913 8 rooms: 5,828 9 or more rooms: 5,233

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
	1 room: 1,952 2 rooms: 4,993 3 rooms: 9,234 4 rooms: 12,061 5 rooms: 8,094 6 rooms: 3,809 7 rooms: 1,307 8 rooms: 554 9 or more rooms: 285

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,107
1995 to 1998: 2,788
1990 to 1994: 3,209
1980 to 1989: 14,461
1970 to 1979: 24,827
1960 to 1969: 19,550
1950 to 1959: 16,117
1940 to 1949: 9,186
1939 or earlier: 6,043

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Baton Rouge:
	no bedroom: 197 1 bedroom: 1,384 2 bedrooms: 8,765 3 bedrooms: 24,382 4 bedrooms: 10,450 5 or more bedrooms: 1,419

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Baton Rouge:
	no bedroom: 2,196 1 bedroom: 13,506 2 bedrooms: 17,507 3 bedrooms: 7,909 4 bedrooms: 1,081 5 or more bedrooms: 90

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Baton Rouge in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 2,695 1 vehicle: 16,109 2 vehicles: 20,172 3 vehicles: 5,769 4 vehicles: 1,437 5 or more vehicles: 415

Cars and other vehicles available in Baton Rouge in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 8,142 1 vehicle: 21,545 2 vehicles: 10,078 3 vehicles: 2,055 4 vehicles: 365 5 or more vehicles: 104

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Baton Rouge, LA:

Less than $10,000: 393
$10,000 to $14,999: 345
$15,000 to $19,999: 592
$20,000 to $24,999: 731
$25,000 to $29,999: 929
$30,000 to $34,999: 1158
$35,000 to $39,999: 1318
$40,000 to $49,999: 2680
$50,000 to $59,999: 2873
$60,000 to $69,999: 2694
$70,000 to $79,999: 3082
$80,000 to $89,999: 3149
$90,000 to $99,999: 3501
$100,000 to $124,999: 5385
$125,000 to $149,999: 4619
$150,000 to $174,999: 2960
$175,000 to $199,999: 2011
$200,000 to $249,999: 1877
$250,000 to $299,999: 983
$300,000 to $399,999: 997
$400,000 to $499,999: 456
$500,000 to $749,999: 279
$750,000 to $999,999: 123
$1,000,000 or more: 55

Baton Rouge rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Baton Rouge:

Less than $100: 917 people
$100 to $149: 591
$150 to $199: 1,077
$200 to $249: 1,387
$250 to $299: 1,669
$300 to $349: 1,990
$350 to $399: 2,948
$400 to $449: 2,909
$450 to $499: 3,270
$500 to $549: 4,422
$550 to $599: 3,833
$600 to $649: 3,494
$650 to $699: 3,155
$700 to $749: 2,351
$750 to $799: 1,826
$800 to $899: 2,594
$900 to $999: 1,322
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,803
$1,250 to $1,499: 486
$1,500 to $1,999: 377
$2,000 or more: 349
No cash rent: 2,035

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3,660 1990 to 1994: 1,934 1985 to 1989: 911 1980 to 1984: 1,135 1975 to 1979: 780 1970 to 1974: 451 1970 to 1974: 299 1965 to 1969: 823

Baton Rouge, LA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.9%
Number of people working at home: 2,402 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2533
5 to 9 minutes: 10361
10 to 14 minutes: 18567
15 to 19 minutes: 22407
20 to 24 minutes: 17207
25 to 29 minutes: 5077
30 to 34 minutes: 10746
35 to 39 minutes: 1193
40 to 44 minutes: 1168
45 to 59 minutes: 3068
60 to 89 minutes: 2184
90 or more minutes: 1802

Baton Rouge mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 76,565 (78%)
Carpooled: 12,211 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,158 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
Railroad: 7 (0%)
Ferryboat: 11 (0%)
Taxi: 22 (0%)
Motorcycle: 69 (0%)
Bicycle: 749 (1%)
Walked: 3,792 (4%)
Other means: 708 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,402 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 15805
$10,000 to $14,999: 7903
$15,000 to $19,999: 7372
$20,000 to $24,999: 6667
$25,000 to $29,999: 6263
$30,000 to $34,999: 5103
$35,000 to $39,999: 4822
$40,000 to $44,999: 4193
$45,000 to $49,999: 3436
$50,000 to $59,999: 5600
$60,000 to $74,999: 6938
$75,000 to $99,999: 6544
$100,000 to $124,999: 3250
$125,000 to $149,999: 1563
$150,000 to $199,999: 1526
$200,000 or more: 1928

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 104729

French (except Basque): 15073

English: 10021

United States or American: 9583

German: 8390

Irish: 8216

Italian: 7089

Subsaharan African:: 3971

French Canadian: 3270

African: 3203

Scotch-Irish: 3109

Scottish: 1555

European: 1420

Arab:: 1174

Polish: 773

Acadian/Cajun: 742

British: 557

Lebanese: 550

Dutch: 477

Swedish: 462

Norwegian: 462

Nigerian: 352

Welsh: 346

Austrian: 317

Greek: 249

Russian: 241

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 228

Danish: 183

Arab/Arabic: 180

Yugoslavian: 171

Swiss: 159

Palestinian: 141

Hungarian: 131

Czech: 130

Iranian: 119

Egyptian: 118

Other Arab: 109

Ethiopian: 105

Scandinavian: 96

Other Subsaharan African: 94

Finnish: 92

Turkish: 84

Belgian: 83

Canadian: 82

Romanian: 79

Czechoslovakian: 75

Lithuanian: 72

Ukrainian: 72

Northern European: 65

Kenyan: 63

Haitian: 56

Jamaican: 56

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 56

Croatian: 44

Portuguese: 44

Celtic: 42

Latvian: 40

Australian: 40

Syrian: 40

Armenian: 39

Sudanese: 38

Slovak: 37

Slavic: 37

Jordanian: 36

Serbian: 34

Somalian: 34

Ghanian: 33

Slovene: 28

British West Indian: 28

Brazilian: 25

Albanian: 24

Bulgarian: 23

New Zealander: 22

Estonian: 21

Zimbabwean: 19

Eastern European: 18

Pennsylvania German: 17

Senegalese: 14

Basque: 14

Icelander: 13

Cypriot: 12

Bahamian: 12

West Indian: 11

South African: 10

Belizean: 9

Afghan: 8

Ugandan: 6

Maltese: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Vietnam (20%)
India (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Mexico (4%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Cuba (3%)
Germany (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 174826
Northeast: 3845
Midwest: 7636
South: 26309
West: 4151

51% of Baton Rouge residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Louisiana.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 862
Nursery to 4th grade: 488
5th and 6th grade: 1,016
7th and 8th grade: 1,445
9th grade: 1,281
10th grade: 1,908
11th grade: 2,689
12th grade, no diploma: 2,668
High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,313
Less than 1 year of college: 2,763
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,455
Associate degree: 1,386
Bachelor's degree: 11,811
Master's degree: 4,451
Professional school degree: 2,492
Doctorate degree: 2,036

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 663
Nursery to 4th grade: 432
5th and 6th grade: 992
7th and 8th grade: 1,823
9th grade: 1,596
10th grade: 2,134
11th grade: 3,005
12th grade, no diploma: 3,338
High school graduate (or equivalency): 17,798
Less than 1 year of college: 4,223
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 12,365
Associate degree: 1,926
Bachelor's degree: 13,335
Master's degree: 6,083
Professional school degree: 1,094
Doctorate degree: 768

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 16.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 8.5%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 15.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 5.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $47,114
Black householders: $25,949
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $13,238
Asian householders: $42,445
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $61,641
Some other race householders: $25,926
Two or more races householders: $36,688
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $26,680

Baton Rouge household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Baton Rouge household income for Black householders

Baton Rouge household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Baton Rouge household income for Some other race householders

Baton Rouge household income for Two or more races householders

Baton Rouge household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Baton Rouge marital status for males

Baton Rouge marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $190,197
Black or African American householders: $86,481
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $135,288
Asian householders: $171,437
Some other race householders: $92,582
Two or more races householders: $125,069
Hispanic or Latino householders: $137,271

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 58,256
One, attached: 3,222
Two: 2,807
3 or 4: 6,360
5 to 9: 5,460
10 to 19: 5,598
20 to 49: 4,530
50 or more: 10,251
Mobile homes: 792
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Median worth of mobile homes: $45,013

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Baton Rouge:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (61%) Electricity (38%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (71%) Utility gas (27%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5,424

Here:	21.6%
Louisiana:	17.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,369

Here:	18.9%
Louisiana:	15.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,788

Here:	6.8%
Louisiana:	16.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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