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Shenandoah, 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 Shenandoah, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Shenandoah, in East Baton Rouge Parish, had 19,292 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $107,021 a year and half less, against $63,071 across East Baton Rouge Parish; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. 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 residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 19,292 in the 2020 census; median age 39.9
Household income $107,021 the median, give or take $13,535 · East Baton Rouge Parish: $63,071
Unemployment 3.7% East Baton Rouge Parish, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 76% lived in by their owners; 24% rented
  • 6,976households
  • 53%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Other services7%

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, 61° and 40°; warmest in August, 91° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J A 91° 72° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 40°; warmest in August, 91° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J A 91° 72° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 40°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 60 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lsu Ben-hur Farm weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Shenandoah

  1. AlbertsonsSupermarkets and other grocery stores108
  2. RPM Delivery ServiceDelivery driver72
  3. Brookshire Grocery CompanySupermarkets and other grocery retailers62

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 242 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. HurricanesRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively high
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Shenandoah’s 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.