Baton Rouge vs Zachary

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

Baton Rouge and Zachary 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 19,637 in Zachary). Zachary has the higher median household income ($90,507 vs $49,944 in Baton Rouge). Zachary has the higher median home value ($258,000 vs $224,500 in Baton Rouge).

Population, income & housing

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
Population	223,699	19,637
Median age	31.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,944	$90,507
Median home value	$224,500	$258,000
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,440
Housing units	106,421	7,467
Homeownership rate	46.9%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
Population	224,149 → 223,699 (-0.2%)	17,283 → 19,637 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$44,470 → $49,944 (+12.3%)	$84,795 → $90,507 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $224,500 (+29.0%)	$224,500 → $258,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,044 (+18.8%)	$1,097 → $1,440 (+31.3%)

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

Zachary

Population

17,28319,637

Median household income

$84,795$90,507

Median home value

$224,500$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	23.8%
18 to 24	19.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.2%
75 and over	5.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
White (non-Hispanic)	34.9%	47.3%
Black or African American	50.9%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
Drove alone	75.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
1-unit, detached	54.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	16.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Baton Rouge	Zachary
Poverty rate	25.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1975	2002