Baton Rouge 70817

East Baton Rouge County, LA · 8,416 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

70affordability /100

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

Payment burden
18.1%
affordable
Days on market
51
daily
Price cuts
24.9%
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77
/100
stable
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

47/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 68d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 70817. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 18.1% of median income. Median days on market: 68. Renting is approximately 24% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 14.9). Market appears 92% overpriced vs. assessed values.

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

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

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Median price
$307,145
▴ 1.7% YoY
Days on market
51
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,718
ZORI
Investor score
73/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
167
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
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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-income3.0×

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How 70817 ranks in LA
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Affordability, supply & momentum

40SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply--
Days on Market51d
Inv vs History--
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %24.9%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,718
Price-to-rent14.9
Est. cap rate4.4%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score1
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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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