Morehouse Parish vs West Baton Rouge Parish

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

Morehouse 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.

West Baton Rouge Parish has the higher population (27,666 vs 24,967 in Morehouse Parish). West Baton Rouge Parish has the higher median household income ($87,320 vs $36,981 in Morehouse Parish). West Baton Rouge Parish has the higher median home value ($225,900 vs $108,700 in Morehouse Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Population	24,967	27,666
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,981	$87,320
Median home value	$108,700	$225,900
Median gross rent	$795	$1,021
Housing units	11,895	11,827
Homeownership rate	66.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Population	25,610 → 24,967 (-2.5%)	26,101 → 27,666 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$32,929 → $36,981 (+12.3%)	$65,385 → $87,320 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $108,700 (+19.3%)	$200,000 → $225,900 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $795 (+41.5%)	$884 → $1,021 (+15.5%)

Morehouse Parish

Population

25,61024,967

Median household income

$32,929$36,981

Median home value

$91,100$108,700

Median gross rent

$562$795

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)

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.9%
75 and over	7.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	47.5%	53.0%
Black or African American	48.1%	40.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
No high school diploma	16.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	39.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Drove alone	83.4%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
1-unit, detached	73.5%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Morehouse Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Poverty rate	30.7%	16.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1977	1993