Baton Rouge vs Shenandoah

A side-by-side comparison of Baton Rouge and Shenandoah: population, income, housing, and more.

Baton Rouge and Shenandoah are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baton Rouge has the higher population (223,699 vs 18,259 in Shenandoah). Shenandoah has the higher median household income ($107,544 vs $49,944 in Baton Rouge). Shenandoah has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $224,500 in Baton Rouge).

Population, income & housing

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
Population	223,699	18,259
Median age	31.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,944	$107,544
Median home value	$224,500	$319,300
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,216
Housing units	106,421	7,421
Homeownership rate	46.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
Population	224,149 → 223,699 (-0.2%)	20,252 → 18,259 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$44,470 → $49,944 (+12.3%)	$92,432 → $107,544 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $224,500 (+29.0%)	$261,900 → $319,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,044 (+18.8%)	$1,104 → $1,216 (+10.1%)

Baton Rouge

Population

224,149223,699

Median household income

$44,470$49,944

Median home value

$174,000$224,500

Median gross rent

$879$1,044

Shenandoah

Population

20,25218,259

Median household income

$92,432$107,544

Median home value

$261,900$319,300

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
Under 5	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	19.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	34.9%	63.5%
Black or African American	50.9%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	12.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
Drove alone	75.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	15.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	54.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	16.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baton Rouge	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	25.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1975	1989