County profile
West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1154 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,187
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
594
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,756
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$87.3k±$6.7k
Bachelor's degree+
23.3%±2.9%
Poverty rate
12.9%±3.1%
Business applications
479 · 2025
Retail establishments
89
31.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing27%
Transportation18%
Construction15%
Professional services14%
Food & accommodation14%
Retail trade13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,756
residents · 2025 · +5.5% since 2020
Income per capita $60.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+851
International migration+286
Natural change+371
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$229.9k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$973/mo±$138/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±2.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$16.6M
96 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 82Drought 78Cold wave 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2172016
2212017
2272018
2342019
2362020
2462021
2602022
2822023
2892024
2962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -65% since 20212762021
2522022
1392023
882024
962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
UP
Nearest port
2.1 km
Port of Greater Baton Rouge, LA
Nearest commercial airport
17.6 km
BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):73,041,412 short tons/yr · Port of Greater Baton Rouge, LA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.4k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of West Baton Rouge?
West Baton Rouge's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.