Baton Rouge 70809

East Baton Rouge County, LA · 8,422 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

61affordability /100

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

Payment burden
23.5%
affordable
Days on market
94
daily
Price cuts
20.1%
of active
Valuation
+464.4%
vs assessor
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58
/100
mixed
stable · balanced · prices easing 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

55/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 83d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 70809. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 23.5% of median income. Median days on market: 83. Renting is approximately 59% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 19.1). Market appears 91% overpriced vs. assessed values.

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLEBALANCED

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$315,321
▾ 0.6% YoY
Days on market
94
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,378
ZORI
Investor score
53/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
155
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+464.4%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,779,780
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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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-income3.9×

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How 70809 ranks in LA
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Affordability, supply & momentum

0SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply--
Days on Market94d
Inv vs History--
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %20.1%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,378
Price-to-rent19.1
Est. cap rate3.4%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score
Transit score2
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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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