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Monticello, 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 Monticello, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Monticello, in East Baton Rouge Parish, had 5,431 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 5,431 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Monticello 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 Monticello for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,652households
  • 14%of adults have a degree
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 2%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, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Monticello

  1. Grady Crawford ConstructionUtility line, construction119
  2. AT&TWired telecommunications carriers77
  3. Sabel Steel Service, Inc- Baton RougeMetal products merchant wholesalers48
  4. Spiral Metals Corporation of Baton rougeDucts, sheet metal, manufacturing31

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 275 people in all. 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 Monticello’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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.