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Brownfields, Louisiana.

A community in East Baton Rouge Parish, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see East Baton Rouge Parish’s.

Living in Brownfields, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Brownfields, in East Baton Rouge Parish, had 5,145 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in East Baton Rouge Parish was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in East Baton Rouge Parish work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 5,145 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Brownfields for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.7% East Baton Rouge Parish, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Brownfields for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,740households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 3%work from home

What people in East Baton Rouge Parish work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. East Baton Rouge Parish had 270,640 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 42°; warmest in August, 92° and 73° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 42° F M A M J J A 92° 73° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 42°; warmest in August, 92° and 73° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 42° F M A M J J A 92° 73° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 42°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 73°. About 62 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Baton Rouge Ryan Airport weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in East Baton Rouge Parish

  1. Brown & Root Industrial ServicesCommercial building construction general contractors10,126
  2. MMR ConstructorsElectric contracting8,488
  3. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeUniversity or college7,035
  4. Our Lady of the Lake RMCGeneral hospital4,839FTE
  5. East Baton Rouge Parish SchoolsSchool district4,702FTE
  6. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,113
  7. Triad Electric & ControlsElectrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work2,966
  8. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of LouisianaMedical insurance carriers, direct2,668

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 407 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 80,194 people in all across the county; Brownfields has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesVery high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brownfields’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on East Baton Rouge Parish.