
East Baton Rouge Parish · Louisiana
ZIP code 70803
- Population
- 3,448
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 5%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Louisiana state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 70803 sits in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and is home to 3,448 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. — of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 5% (Louisiana state rate).
- County
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- State
- Louisiana (LA)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 22033
539 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 70803
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 3,448ZIP 70803 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 19 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- —Owner-occupied households
ZIP 70803 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 70803 is a small town in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, with 3,448 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #263 of 539 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 19 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in ZIP 70803 earn a median of not published a year. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches an unpublished share of residents here.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 70803 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The homeownership rate is not published. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
A median age of 19 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent, poverty rate for ZIP 70803 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 70803 in context
How 70803 sits inside East Baton Rouge Parish and Louisiana.
ZIP 70803 is tabulated inside East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, one of 25 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 539 across Louisiana. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 70803 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 70803 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Louisiana charges 5% statewide, and local governments overlapping 70803 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 70803 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 70803
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Louisiana levies 5% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 70803 compares
ZIP 70803 against the median ZIP in East Baton Rouge Parish and across Louisiana.
| Measure | ZIP 70803 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $63,114 | $54,720 | — |
| Median home value | — | $222,700 | $154,300 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,180 | $887 | — |
| Population | 3,448 | 15,574 | 3,279 | +5% |
Medians are computed across the 25 ZIP areas in East Baton Rouge Parish and the 539 ZIP areas in Louisiana.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 539 Louisiana ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #263
Not published
Not published
larger than 51% of 539 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under East Baton Rouge Parish.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
ZIP 70803 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 70803?
- ZIP 70803 lies mostly in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 70803?
- Louisiana charges 5% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 70803 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Louisiana ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Louisiana Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.