ZIP 70808

70808 is one of 25 ZIP codes that lie mostly in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 1 of the 20 with a value.

10 school locations in 70808: 6 elementary, 2 middle, 2 high.

In alphabetical order: Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts, B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet, Glasgow Middle School, Highland Elementary School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In April 2002 the typical home in 70808 was worth $175,903.

Values peaked at $362,151 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $362,151, +4.0% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $362,151. Put 20% down and borrow $289,721 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $2,006 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $69,078 a year, $5,757 a month. So the payment takes 34.8% 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 16.9% 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 $935.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $984.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,863 — +89% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +19%.

Reported values rose +106% 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 $327,801. So the real change is +10%, not +106%.

70808: +106% since April 2002.

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

Louisiana: +75% since April 2002 — 70808 ran ahead of it by 31 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $2,368 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,532 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 19.7. 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 53 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 78% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 130. That is 73% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 42 a month. That is 69% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 3.1 months of supply — below the 4–6 month range Lotvox treats as balanced. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 11 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 42 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 47 — so sales ran at 89% of it, and below it in 20 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: 130 in June 2026.

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