Cost of Living
Your dollar does more here.
Baton Rouge's low cost of living means fewer expenses and higher quality of life. Let's talk numbers.
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Young-professional households earn ~$73,000 a year.
This is well above most comparable cities.
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Baton Rouge residents have higher spending power.
Because of this lower cost of living, average earnings in Baton Rouge have the same spending power as nearly $80,000 in the average U.S. metro city. Additionally, housing is 18% more affordable than the national average, with one of the lowest property tax rates in the U.S.
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