ZIP 70818

70818 is one of 25 ZIP codes that lie mostly in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 6 of the 20 with a value.

2 school locations in 70818: 1 elementary, 1 middle.

In alphabetical order: Central Intermediate School, Central Middle School. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In April 2002 the typical home in 70818 was worth $151,053.

Values peaked at $277,286 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $277,286, +2.2% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $277,286. Put 20% down and borrow $221,829 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,536 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $77,262 a year, $6,439 a month. So the payment takes 23.9% 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 13.0% 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 $803.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $774.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,427 — +84% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +16%.

Reported values rose +84% 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 $281,492. So the real change is −1%, not +84%.

70818: +84% since April 2002.

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

Louisiana: +75% since April 2002 — 70818 ran ahead of it by 9 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $1,813 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,674 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 13.8. 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 14 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026).

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 45.

Going out — closed sales: about 14 a month.

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: listings and sales were even.

Homes sold: about 14 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 12 — so sales ran at 117% of it, and below it in 4 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: 45 in June 2026.

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