Your dollar does more here.
Baton Rouge's low cost of living means fewer expenses and higher quality of life. Let's talk numbers.
Young-professional households earn ~$73,000 a year.
This is well above most comparable cities.
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.