Commercial Real Estate Market in Baton Rouge, LA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
1,001 active listings and 10,925 off-market properties in Baton Rouge, LA. Commercial property asks $106/SF to buy and $16.62/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Baton Rouge, LA spans 222.4 square miles in East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Baton Rouge, LA asks $16.46/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $147/SF. Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Typical asking range for active listings in Baton Rouge, LA (the middle half): Lease $14.00–$21.00/SF/Yr (median $16.89/SF/Yr, 204 listings); Sale $76.03–$200/SF (median $147/SF, 123 listings).
Retail
Retail space in Baton Rouge, LA asks $17.11/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $135/SF. Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Typical asking range for active listings in Baton Rouge, LA (the middle half): Lease $13.96–$20.00/SF/Yr (median $18.00/SF/Yr, 114 listings); Sale $61.74–$212/SF (median $135/SF, 52 listings).
Industrial
Industrial space in Baton Rouge, LA asks $9.17/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $62/SF. Vacancy runs 7.9% across the South region in 2025, up from 6% in 2019. Nearly 2.3x the 2022 low of 3.5%.
Typical asking range for active listings in Baton Rouge, LA (the middle half): Lease $10.43–$12.66/SF/Yr (median $11.95/SF/Yr, 41 listings); Sale $46.40–$96.47/SF (median $61.76/SF, 55 listings).
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Baton Rouge, LA has a median asking sale price of $94/SF. Vacancy runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Typical asking range for active listings in Baton Rouge, LA (the middle half): Sale $67.99–$108/SF (median $94.49/SF, 68 listings).
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Baton Rouge, LA has 389,884 residents in 178,908 households. Density runs 1,753 people per square mile. Median household income here is $62,813 and median gross rent $1,143 a month.
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Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Port Allen | $78 | $9.90 |
| Baker | $66 | $14.50 |
| Zachary | $122 | $16.75 |
Commercial property in Baton Rouge, LA asks $106/SF. The 3 bordering markets run from $66/SF in Baker to $122/SF in Zachary, and the city sits above their $78/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 464 active for-sale and 537 active for-lease listings in Baton Rouge, LA. The medians are based on 288 of the for-sale and 348 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or rent per square foot. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at South region level, retail vacancy is reported at South region level and industrial vacancy is reported at South region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
