ZIP 70807

70807 is one of 25 ZIP codes that lie mostly in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 18 of the 20 with a value.

8 school locations in 70807: 2 elementary, 5 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Crestworth Elementary School, Helix Aviation Academy, IDEA University Prep, J. K. Haynes Charter Inc., and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In May 2002 the typical home in 70807 was worth $144,291.

Values peaked at $199,526 in June 2008. The latest reading is −47.5% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $104,752, −5.6% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $104,752. Put 20% down and borrow $83,802 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $580 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $27,064 a year, $2,255 a month. So the payment takes 25.7% of income — rated “affordable” (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 35.4% in 2002.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in May 2002 (6.81%) the payment was $753.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $459.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $539 — +17% since December 2020, while the home's value moved −26%.

Reported values rose −27% since May 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 $268,591. So the real change is −61%, not −27%.

70807: −27% since May 2002.

East Baton Rouge Parish: +73% since May 2002.

Louisiana: +74% since May 2002 — 70807 ran behind it by 101 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $685 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,250 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 7.0. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Homes sold: about 6 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 4 — so sales ran at 150% of it, and below it in 5 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: 21 in June 2026.

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