Baton Rouge, LA Rental Market Trends

Baton Rouge Rent Report: November 2024

Welcome to the Apartment List November 2024 Rent Report for Baton Rouge, LA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,084, after falling 0.6% last month. Prices are now down 0.0% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Baton Rouge rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.

Baton Rouge rents are down 0.6% month-over-month and flat year-over-year

The median rent in Baton Rouge fell by 0.6% over the course of October, and has now decreased by a total of 0.0% over the past 12 months. Baton Rouge’s rent growth over the past year has is similar to both the state (0.5%) and national averages (-0.7%).

Baton Rouge rent growth in 2024 pacing below last year

Ten months into the year, rents in Baton Rouge have risen 1.5%. This is a slower rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to October 2023 rents had increased 2.1%.

October rent growth in Baton Rouge ranked #44 among large U.S. cities

Baton Rouge rents went down 0.6% in the past month, compared to the national rate of -0.7%. Among the nation's 100 largest cities, this ranks #44. Similar monthly rent growth took place in Chandler, AZ (-0.6%) and Baltimore, MD (-0.7%).

Baton Rouge is the #92 most expensive large city in the U.S., with a median rent of $1,084

Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $895 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $1,114 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (ie, the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,084. That ranks #92 in the nation, among the country's 100 largest cities.

For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,225 for a 1-bedroom, $1,380 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,394 overall. The median rent in Baton Rouge is 22.2% lower than the national, and is similar to the prices you would find in Oklahoma City, OK ($1,086) and Des Moines, IA ($1,074).

Methodology

Apartment List is committed to the accuracy and transparency of our rent estimates. We begin with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, capturing apartment transactions over time to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country. Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. For more details, please see the Apartment List Rent Estimate Methodology.

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