East Baton Rouge Parish vs Lafayette Parish

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

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

East Baton Rouge Parish has the higher population (452,821 vs 245,075 in Lafayette Parish). Lafayette Parish has the higher median household income ($67,660 vs $63,075 in East Baton Rouge Parish). East Baton Rouge Parish has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $234,200 in Lafayette Parish).

Population, income & housing

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
Population	452,821	245,075
Median age	34.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,075	$67,660
Median home value	$241,800	$234,200
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,022
Housing units	205,518	110,400
Homeownership rate	59.1%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
Population	443,763 → 452,821 (+2.0%)	241,973 → 245,075 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$54,948 → $63,075 (+14.8%)	$56,999 → $67,660 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$194,000 → $241,800 (+24.6%)	$185,300 → $234,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,121 (+20.2%)	$874 → $1,022 (+16.9%)

East Baton Rouge Parish

Population

443,763452,821

Median household income

$54,948$63,075

Median home value

$194,000$241,800

Median gross rent

$933$1,121

Lafayette Parish

Population

241,973245,075

Median household income

$56,999$67,660

Median home value

$185,300$234,200

Median gross rent

$874$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
Under 5	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	14.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.1%
75 and over	5.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	62.5%
Black or African American	44.1%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
No high school diploma	9.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
Drove alone	78.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
1-unit, detached	61.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	12.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Lafayette Parish
Poverty rate	18.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1983	1988