ZIP 70817

70817 is one of 25 ZIP codes that lie mostly in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 4 of the 20 with a value.

5 school locations in 70817: 2 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: BASIS Baton Rouge Materra Campus, Shenandoah Elementary School, Woodlawn Elementary, Woodlawn High School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In April 2002 the typical home in 70817 was worth $170,139.

Values peaked at $309,482 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $309,482, +2.9% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $309,482. Put 20% down and borrow $247,586 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,714 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $102,878 a year, $8,573 a month. So the payment takes 20.0% 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 11.0% 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 $904.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $818.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,592 — +95% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +22%.

Reported values rose +82% 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 $317,059. So the real change is −2%, not +82%.

70817: +82% since April 2002.

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

Louisiana: +75% since April 2002 — 70817 ran ahead of it by 7 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $2,024 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,591 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 16.2. 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 51 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 65% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 157. That is 68% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 53 a month. That is 74% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 2.9 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 3 more homes sold than came on each month, so inventory is shrinking. The basin is draining.

Homes sold: about 53 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 66 — so sales ran at 80% of it, and below it in 24 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: 157 in June 2026.

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