#80 of 387 for you

Baton Rouge, LA

A flat 3% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,278 and 230 sunny days; commutes average 27 minutes.

Left over monthly

$2,645

Versus Chicago

+$265/mo

+$3,180 a year

Local pay for your job

$86,492

Local wages run -8% vs national

Where the money goes

One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.

Taxes$1,623
Rent$1,074
Other living costs$1,865
Left over$2,645

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $86,492
Federal income tax: −$10,642
Social Security and Medicare: −$6,617
State income tax (LA): −$2,220
Take-home pay: $67,013
Effective tax rate: 22.5%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $1,074
Groceries: $360
Getting around: $560
Healthcare: $405
Utilities and internet: $225
Everything else: $315
Total spending: $2,939

Left over each month

$7,208 gross, minus $1,623 in tax and $2,939 in living costs.

$2,645

What living here is like

Weather: 230 sunny days, 94°F in July, 45°F January nights
Getting around: Plan on a car per adult
Average commute: 27 minutes each way
Size: 871k people
Buying instead: Median home $232,300 — roughly $1,496/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
Taxes: Louisiana income tax. Sales tax 9.6%, property tax 0.56%.

How it scores against what you said matters

Money left over: 70
Sun and mild weather: 72
Access to the outdoors: 73
City life and culture: 52
A short commute: 55

County by county

The Baton Rouge, LA metro spans 10 counties, and rent and home prices vary a lot between them. These are whole-stock medians for people already living there, so rents run below the asking rents used elsewhere on this page.

Population, rent, home value, income and commute by county in Baton Rouge, LA
County	People	Median rent	2-bed rent	Home value	Income	Commute
East Baton Rouge ParishLA	453k52%	$1,121	$1,113	$241,800	$63,075	24 min
Livingston ParishLA	146k17%	$1,102	$986	$218,900	$78,617	34 min
Ascension ParishLA	129k15%	$1,283	$1,341	$265,300	$92,266	30 min
Iberville ParishLA	30k3%	$817	$747	$177,100	$57,459	24 min
West Baton Rouge ParishLA	28k3%	$1,021	$1,055	$225,900	$87,320	25 min
Assumption ParishLA	21k2%	$801	$786	$141,200	$52,546	31 min
Pointe Coupee ParishLA	20k2%	$794	$938	$174,500	$59,351	27 min
East Feliciana ParishLA	19k2%	$745	$644	$213,700	$72,899	36 min
West Feliciana ParishLA	15k2%	$998	$991	$263,200	$74,277	32 min
St. Helena ParishLA	11k1%	$802	$794	$106,400	$50,193	37 min

Census ACS 2023 5-year estimates by county; county membership from the 2023 CBSA delineation file. Rents are median gross rent for occupied units (not asking rent); “—” means the Census suppressed or top-coded the cell.

Chicago vs Baton Rouge, line by line

Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.

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Everything else about a move

Paycheck leftover is the start. These pages cover who actually moved, housing, the rest of the month, daily life and kids — still using your household in the URL.