What Airbnb listings in Downtown & Riverfront earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Baton Rouge, LA.
This area is part of the broader Baton Rouge, LA rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Downtown & Riverfront is one of 13 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Baton Rouge, LA market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $20,290 on average, were booked for 48% of the nights they were open, and averaged $178 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 22.1%.
Yearly revenue
$20,290
Occupancy
48%
Nightly rate
$178
Gross yield
22.1%
before expenses
Median of 48 listings
Active listings
56
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Downtown & Riverfront earned an average of $20,290 over the past 12 months. That is 11% less than the Baton Rouge, LA average of $22,691. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Downtown & Riverfront were booked for an average of 48% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is about the same as the Baton Rouge, LA average of 48%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Downtown & Riverfront was $178 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 21% lower than the Baton Rouge, LA average of $224.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Downtown & Riverfront is $22,234 a year and the median gross yield is 22.1%. Gross yield is 8.9 points higher than the Baton Rouge, LA median. Gross yield is measured before expenses, financing and taxes, so profit depends on what you pay for a home and what it costs to run. Analyze the exact property before you buy.
Reveal any property's Airbnb profitabilityThree-bedroom homes have the highest gross yield in Downtown & Riverfront, at 25.4%. The table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Baton Rouge, LA figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom 15 listings | $17,380 Baton Rouge, LA: $13,162 | 21.4% Baton Rouge, LA: 22.0% |
| 2 bedrooms 33 listings | $19,052 Baton Rouge, LA: $18,493 | 20.6% Baton Rouge, LA: 15.9% |
| 3 bedrooms 6 listings | $35,435 Baton Rouge, LA: $26,108 | 25.4% Baton Rouge, LA: 12.2% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown & Riverfront This area 56 listings | $20,290 | 48% | $178 | 22.1% |
| Baton Rouge, LA market 642 listings | $22,691 | 48% | $224 | 13.2% |
| Mid City 71 listings | $22,186 | 46% | $219 | 12.4% |
| LSU & South Baton Rouge 77 listings | $22,874 | 43% | $262 | 12.3% |
| Southwest Baton Rouge & Gardere 84 listings | $23,362 | 45% | $231 | 10.9% |
| Broadmoor & Florida Boulevard 83 listings | $25,455 | 51% | $246 | 14.1% |
BNBCalc splits the Baton Rouge, LA market into 13 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Downtown and Riverfront, so BNBCalc reports one set of figures for all of it.
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It is the average booking revenue a regularly available listing earned over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees and before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes. It is an estimate, not verified host payouts.
For each listing, BNBCalc divides the nights booked by the nights it was open for booking over the past 12 months, then averages the results. Nights a host blocked off are left out.
It is the average price per booked night over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees.
It estimates what a listing would earn in a year from its nightly rates if it were available all year at its expected occupancy, based on its last 12 months of bookings. It excludes cleaning fees. It is an estimate, not income a host received.
For each listing, BNBCalc divides its room-revenue potential by an estimated value for a home with the same ZIP code and bedroom count, then reports the median. It is measured before expenses, financing and taxes, so it is not profit or a full return on investment.
Yearly revenue, occupancy and nightly rate cover listings of every type and size that were open for booking at least 127 nights over the past year (56 in Downtown & Riverfront). Room-revenue potential and gross yield cover entire homes with one to five bedrooms that were also booked for at least 30% of their open nights and have a matched home value. BNBCalc shows no figure for an area with fewer than 5 qualifying listings.
These figures use BNBCalc's listing data as of October 6, 2026. They update when BNBCalc refreshes its market data each month.
The market page summarizes all of Baton Rouge, LA from a separate monthly market dataset. This page averages the individual listings in each area, so the two can differ. Use this page to compare areas with each other.
They don't include operating costs, financing, taxes, insurance or the price of a specific home, and they don't show whether short-term rentals are allowed. Check local rules and analyze the exact property before you buy.
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