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How the Baton Rouge, LA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Baton Rouge, LA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202683 of 83 ZIP codes scored · 0.86M residents represented

Score snapshot

44.94Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
42.55Median scoremiddle of 83 scored ZIPs
59.20Highest score70809 · Baton Rouge
19.03Lowest score70805 · Baton Rouge
40.18Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#325Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
82%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.71M of 0.86M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.67MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs77% of the metro
0.36MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs41% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Baton Rouge, LA metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 83
  1. 5,44170809in Baton Rouge · 25,732 residents59.20
  2. 6,88870810in Baton Rouge · 42,659 residents57.40
  3. 7,80170817in Baton Rouge · 33,482 residents56.46
  4. 9,72570818in Central · 9,370 residents54.78
  5. 9,84770808in Baton Rouge · 35,843 residents54.68
  6. 9,96770719in Brusly · 4,856 residents54.59
  7. 10,78270836in Baton Rouge · 501 residents53.94
  8. 11,27670770in Pride · 3,787 residents53.57
  9. 11,93470725in Darrow · 943 residents53.10
  10. 12,09770791in Zachary · 30,385 residents52.99
  11. 12,49970710in Addis · 7,252 residents52.70
  12. 12,85070739in Greenwell Springs · 14,877 residents52.44
  13. 13,42570775in St. Francisville · 9,945 residents52.02
  14. 14,56070769in Prairieville · 49,278 residents51.19
  15. 15,06470734in Geismar · 9,213 residents50.86
  16. 16,11770816in Baton Rouge · 45,718 residents50.09
  17. 18,52270787in Weyanoke · 440 residents48.32
  18. 19,72370706in Denham Springs · 21,833 residents47.35
  19. 19,92370740in Grosse Tete · 975 residents47.20
  20. 19,92570722in Clinton · 4,233 residents47.20
  21. 20,73070711in Albany · 5,612 residents46.52
  22. 20,80570774in Saint Amant · 10,041 residents46.46
  23. 20,82870782in Tunica · 105 residents46.44
  24. 20,92370778in Sorrento · 2,742 residents46.35
  25. 21,05470777in Slaughter · 4,406 residents46.24
  26. 21,63870762in Oscar · 895 residents45.71
  27. 21,85870752in Lakeland · 437 residents45.51
  28. 21,88470737in Gonzales · 49,084 residents45.49
  29. 22,19570339in Pierre Part · 4,848 residents45.20
  30. 22,35570801in Baton Rouge · 192 residents45.04
  31. 22,77770726in Denham Springs · 63,575 residents44.63
  32. 22,94870814in Baton Rouge · 11,921 residents44.47
  33. 23,19570759in Morganza · 934 residents44.23
  34. 23,33370806in Baton Rouge · 28,302 residents44.09
  35. 23,77970820in Baton Rouge · 23,377 residents43.62
  36. 24,14770803in Baton Rouge · 3,562 residents43.26
  37. 24,27970748in Jackson · 6,909 residents43.11
  38. 24,37670755in Livonia · 1,617 residents43.00
  39. 24,38770462in Killian · 5,593 residents42.99
  40. 24,50570815in Baton Rouge · 31,024 residents42.86
  41. 24,61370785in Walker · 23,921 residents42.73
  42. 24,77570783in Ventress · 2,804 residents42.55
  43. 25,30470773in Rougon · 57 residents41.90
  44. 25,32770776in Saint Gabriel · 7,100 residents41.87
  45. 25,73570449in Maurepas · 3,092 residents41.42
  46. 25,86970780in Sunshine · 487 residents41.21
  47. 25,90270819in Baton Rouge · 4,322 residents41.17
  48. 26,73670761in Norwood · 732 residents40.03
  49. 27,06070744in Montpelier · 6,070 residents39.54
  50. 27,10470754in Livingston · 11,641 residents39.47
Open the full Baton Rouge, LA metro ranking →One page, all 83 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Baton Rouge, LA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

17 of 82 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access50%429,902 people

5 ZIP codes tie at this end: 70346 Donaldsonville70760 New Roads70806 Baton Rouge70809 Baton Rouge70817 Baton Rouge

Chronic Disease Burden40%342,034 people

Standing highest: 70710 Addis70803 Baton Rouge70820 Baton Rouge

Disability38%326,583 people

Standing highest: 70710 Addis70809 Baton Rouge70817 Baton Rouge

Risk Behavior37%317,669 people

Standing highest: 70809 Baton Rouge70810 Baton Rouge70836 Baton Rouge

Social Need / SDOH30%260,428 people

Standing highest: 70809 Baton Rouge70817 Baton Rouge70818 Central

Mental Health21%184,005 people

Standing highest: 70725 Darrow70787 Weyanoke70789 Wilson

Preventive Care21%180,011 people

Standing highest: 70725 Darrow70787 Weyanoke70809 Baton Rouge

Climate / Disaster Risk13%115,233 people

Standing highest: 70719 Brusly70787 Weyanoke70801 Baton Rouge

Environmental Hazard5%45,820 people

Standing highest: 70441 Greensburg70712 Angola70761 Norwood

Each fifth is about 17 of this metro’s 82 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 862,749 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Baton Rouge, LA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.