Baton Rouge 70808

East Baton Rouge County, LA · 8,437 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

48affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
31.7%
stretched
Days on market
36
daily
Price cuts
21.3%
of active
Valuation
+127.5%
vs assessor
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59
/100
mixed
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

63/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 5.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 48d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)60

Moderate buyer leverage in 70808. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 31.7% of median income. Median days on market: 48. Renting is approximately 62% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 19.4). Market appears 92% overpriced vs. assessed values.

What to Offer

Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.

Conditions resemble 2019 pre-pandemic levels — moderate overvaluation with slowing demand. Negotiation room exists.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$361,336
▴ 2.3% YoY
Days on market
36
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,553
ZORI
Investor score
58/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
125
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+127.5%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$822,200
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+28.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
East Baton Rouge+28.4%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft
Price-to-income5.2×

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How 70808 ranks in LA
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Affordability, supply & momentum

65SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply--
Days on Market36d
Inv vs History--
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %21.3%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,553
Price-to-rent19.4
Est. cap rate3.4%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score25
Transit score3
Bike score

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East Baton Rouge County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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