ZIP 70818 vs ZIP 70814

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70818 (Baton Rouge, LA) and ZIP 70814 (Baton Rouge, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70818 has a population of 9,649 at 258 people per square mile, while ZIP 70814 has 14,514 at 723 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 70818 reports a median household income of $78,432 against $51,529 in ZIP 70814, with per-capita income of $42,137 vs $25,810. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.1% in 70818 and 14.5% in 70814. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 28.7%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 13.7% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $268,200 in 70818 versus $188,300 in 70814, with median rent of $1,335 and $1,122 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.3% vs 64.8%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.