East Baton Rouge Parish vs St. Tammany Parish

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

East Baton Rouge Parish and St. Tammany 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 269,331 in St. Tammany Parish). St. Tammany Parish has the higher median household income ($79,277 vs $63,075 in East Baton Rouge Parish). St. Tammany Parish has the higher median home value ($272,200 vs $241,800 in East Baton Rouge Parish).

Population, income & housing

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Population	452,821	269,331
Median age	34.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,075	$79,277
Median home value	$241,800	$272,200
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,305
Housing units	205,518	112,414
Homeownership rate	59.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Population	443,763 → 452,821 (+2.0%)	255,155 → 269,331 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$54,948 → $63,075 (+14.8%)	$68,905 → $79,277 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$194,000 → $241,800 (+24.6%)	$218,500 → $272,200 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,121 (+20.2%)	$1,086 → $1,305 (+20.2%)

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

St. Tammany Parish

Population

255,155269,331

Median household income

$68,905$79,277

Median home value

$218,500$272,200

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	14.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	73.3%
Black or African American	44.1%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	25.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Drove alone	78.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
1-unit, detached	61.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	12.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	East Baton Rouge Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Poverty rate	18.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1983	1995