Baton Rouge, LA Housing Market

Baton Rouge, LA's median home value is $248K, up 3.5% over the past year. Homes here sell in a median 66 days. Its PropertyIQ Score of 19 sits below the state average of 50, marking a market positioned to lag its state over the next three years.

PropertyIQ tracks the Baton Rouge, LA housing market through two complementary lenses: price momentum from Zillow home-value trends over 3 and 12 months, and demand pressure from how quickly homes sell and how often sellers cut prices, drawn from Realtor.com. The PropertyIQ Score distills these into one number that predicts how this LA market is set to perform against its state benchmark.

South Central housing markets are propelled by energy sector economics, corporate relocations, and rapid population growth. Texas metros in particular have seen explosive expansion, though affordability pressures are emerging in the fastest-growing areas. Within the South Central, Baton Rouge, LA's PropertyIQ Score of 19 runs below the South Central norm.

The PropertyIQ Score for the Baton Rouge, LA market is built from four inputs: Zillow home-value momentum over twelve months, Zillow home-value momentum over three months, the median days listings spend on the market (Realtor.com), and the share of listings with a price cut (Realtor.com). The score runs on a 1 to 99 scale computed across all metro markets nationally and calibrated so 50 equals the state average — a score above 50 means this market is positioned to outperform its state, and a score below 50 means it is set to lag.

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