62 The Housing Almanac
Annual Series · 1963–2024 · Compiled in U.S. Dollars & Units
Updated 26 April 2026
Metro Series · South · Rank #67

Home Price History in Baton Rouge

FHFA all-transactions House Price Index for the Baton Rouge, LA metropolitan statistical area — annual data, 1975 through 2025, rebased to 100 in the year 2000.

HPI (2025)FHFA
213
YoY changeFHFA
+3.2%
5-yr changeFHFA
+26%
Since 2000FHFA
+113%
50100150200'75'80'85'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25Baton Rouge HPILA state HPI

The Baton Rouge metropolitan area has FHFA House Price Index data running from 1975 through 2025. The index, rebased to 100 in the year 2000, stood at 34.0 in 1975 and 212.7 in 2025. Cumulative nominal appreciation since 2000: +112.7%.

The 2007–2011 housing crisis cut the Baton Rouge HPI by 3.5% peak-to-trough — from 143.9 in 2008 to 138.9 in 2012. For context, the U.S. national HPI fell roughly 24% over the same period, so Baton Rouge was meaningfully less affected than the national average.

The pandemic-era surge brought the Baton Rouge HPI from 166.4 in 2019 to 212.7 in 2025 — a cumulative +27.8% move in 6 years. Compared to the U.S. national HPI's roughly 50% gain over the same period, Baton Rouge appreciated slower than the national rate.

Located in the South region of the United States, Baton Rouge is one of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas by population. Long-run housing appreciation in Baton Rouge reflects a combination of regional employment trends, in-migration patterns, and local supply constraints. The full year-by-year FHFA HPI for Baton Rouge is in the data table below.

To compare Baton Rouge to the national U.S. housing market, see the national median price history dashboard. Other metros in the South region: see the full metro index. For state-level data, see the state index.

Annual data — Baton Rouge

FHFA House Price Index, 2000=100. Annual data; not seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency.

YearHPI (2000=100)YoY change
2025212.70+3.25%
2024206.01+2.18%
2023201.62+2.03%
2022197.60+10.66%
2021178.56+5.54%
2020169.18+1.66%
2019166.41+1.89%
2018163.33+2.34%
2017159.59+4.31%
2016153.00+3.22%
2015148.23+2.94%
2014144.00+2.00%
2013141.17+1.65%
2012138.88-0.44%
2011139.50-1.46%
2010141.56-0.90%
2009142.85-0.72%
2008143.88+0.59%
2007143.03+6.95%
2006133.73+11.82%
2005119.59+5.96%
2004112.86+3.49%
2003109.05+2.51%
2002106.38+2.45%
2001103.84+3.84%
2000100.00+4.00%
199996.15+4.21%
199892.27+4.33%
199788.44+4.59%
199684.56+3.97%
199581.33+5.08%
199477.40+5.61%
199373.29+5.09%
199269.74+3.35%
199167.48+4.01%
199064.88+3.44%
198962.72-0.73%
198863.18-5.81%
198767.08-4.88%
198670.52-1.09%
198571.30-3.67%
198474.02+1.22%
198373.13+0.12%
198273.04+5.29%
198169.37+6.99%
198064.84+9.20%
197959.38+16.32%
197851.05+21.49%
197742.02+13.51%
197637.02+8.98%
197533.97

Methodology

The FHFA House Price Index is a weighted, repeat-sales index that measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same single-family properties. The all-transactions index incorporates both purchase mortgages and refinance appraisals; the index is calibrated to the South census region and rebased to 100 in the year 2000. Coverage begins in 1975 for Baton Rouge.

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