ZIP 70806

70806 is one of 25 ZIP codes that lie mostly in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 9 of the 20 with a value.

13 school locations in 70806: 5 elementary, 4 middle, 4 high.

In alphabetical order: BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Bernard Terrace Elementary School, Capitol Middle School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In April 2002 the typical home in 70806 was worth $134,543.

Values peaked at $260,314 in June 2023. The latest reading is −3.0% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $252,602, +2.1% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $252,602. Put 20% down and borrow $202,082 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,399 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $53,430 a year, $4,453 a month. So the payment takes 31.4% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 16.7% in 2002.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in April 2002 (6.99%) the payment was $715.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $767.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,300 — +70% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +7%.

Reported values rose +88% since April 2002.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +86% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2002 home was worth $250,725. So the real change is +1%, not +88%.

70806: +88% since April 2002.

East Baton Rouge Parish: +77% since April 2002.

Louisiana: +75% since April 2002 — 70806 ran ahead of it by 13 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $1,652 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,239 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 17.0. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 35 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 79% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 124.

Going out — closed sales: about 25 a month. That is 64% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 36% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 64% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 4.9 months of supply — inside the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 10 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 25 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 32 — so sales ran at 78% of it, and below it in 19 of the last 24 months.

Across East Baton Rouge Parish, builders pulled permits for 2,631 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 54% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in East Baton Rouge County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 4,097 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 4,911 moved out.

Net across those counties: −814 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 124 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Livingston, LA (1,060 households); most departures went to Livingston, LA (1,443).