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East Baton Rouge County, LA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 25 ZIP codes inside East Baton Rouge County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
25
in this county
Total population
453,672
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
5
distinct city/town names
Avg density
773
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in East Baton Rouge County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
70810 Baton Rouge 43,092 635
70816 Baton Rouge 43,068 1,022
70808 Baton Rouge 35,309 1,138
70817 Baton Rouge 35,023 533
70806 Baton Rouge 30,545 1,323
70791 Zachary 30,494 99
70815 Baton Rouge 30,154 1,232
70809 Baton Rouge 26,232 704
70802 Baton Rouge 25,739 1,406
70805 Baton Rouge 25,622 870
70820 Baton Rouge 19,957 374
70714 Baker 18,591 207
70807 Baton Rouge 15,771 241
70811 Baton Rouge 14,840 506
70739 Greenwell Springs 13,445 110
70812 Baton Rouge 12,325 1,061
70814 Baton Rouge 11,582 501
70818 Baton Rouge 10,024 262
70819 Baton Rouge 3,911 329
70770 Pride 3,588 65
70803 Baton Rouge 2,222 3,684
70813 Baton Rouge 1,506 1,142
70836 Baton Rouge 403 294
70801 Baton Rouge 229 825
70825 Baton Rouge

About East Baton Rouge County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. East Baton Rouge County in Louisiana contains roughly 25 ZIP codes spread across 5 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 453,672. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Louisiana index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 773, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into East Baton Rouge County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping East Baton Rouge County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.