Iberville Parish vs West Baton Rouge Parish

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

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

Iberville Parish has the higher population (29,950 vs 27,666 in West Baton Rouge Parish). West Baton Rouge Parish has the higher median household income ($87,320 vs $57,459 in Iberville Parish). West Baton Rouge Parish has the higher median home value ($225,900 vs $177,100 in Iberville Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Population	29,950	27,666
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,459	$87,320
Median home value	$177,100	$225,900
Median gross rent	$817	$1,021
Housing units	13,419	11,827
Homeownership rate	75.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Population	32,822 → 29,950 (-8.8%)	26,101 → 27,666 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$50,161 → $57,459 (+14.5%)	$65,385 → $87,320 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$143,700 → $177,100 (+23.2%)	$200,000 → $225,900 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $817 (+8.2%)	$884 → $1,021 (+15.5%)

Iberville Parish

Population

32,82229,950

Median household income

$50,161$57,459

Median home value

$143,700$177,100

Median gross rent

$755$817

West Baton Rouge Parish

Population

26,10127,666

Median household income

$65,385$87,320

Median home value

$200,000$225,900

Median gross rent

$884$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.9%
75 and over	7.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	53.0%
Black or African American	45.2%	40.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
No high school diploma	19.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Drove alone	82.8%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
1-unit, detached	72.5%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Iberville Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Poverty rate	15.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1984	1993