ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 70729

West Baton Rouge County, Louisiana: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,967
Property rate /100K (county)
1,027
Population (ZIP)
261
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 70729 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 70729 sits within West Baton Rouge County, LA, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

West Baton Rouge County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 261 violent and 1,967 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

With 1,027 residents, ZIP 70729 is among the smaller ZIPs in West Baton Rouge County (#4 of 4 by population), spread across 17.26 square miles (60/sq mi). For a full breakdown of West Baton Rouge County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the West Baton Rouge County crime page linked below.

ZIP 70729 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from West Baton Rouge County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 70729 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$137,581
Median age
32.0 years
Owner-occupied homes
92%
Occupied homes
300

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 70729?

Participating agencies give West Baton Rouge County a split reported profile: violent crime is 26% below the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 15% above it. The categories should be read separately; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor provide a ZIP-specific rate for 70729. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 70729 is among the smaller ZIPs by population (#4 of 4). County-wide counts are especially coarse context for a smaller postal area because most of the denominator and reported incidents may sit elsewhere in the county.

West Baton Rouge County UCR book ZIP 70729 inherits

ZIP 70729 itself is about 60 people per Census sq mi across 17.3 sq mi (1,027 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 70729 accounts for roughly 3.8% of the county reporting population (1,027 of 27,199).

West Baton Rouge County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in larceny-theft (59% of 606 offenses; mix index 4,169). ZIP 70729 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.

West Baton Rouge County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +4% vs 2023; property counts +14% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

West Baton Rouge County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 70729

Similar county violent rate (~261/100K)

Similar Census population (~1,027)

County detail: West Baton Rouge County · State atlas: Louisiana

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.