Gutter installation in Baton Rouge
Median home built in 1976, with 61.94 inches of rain a year at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (ACS 2024; NOAA 1991–2020 normals). Older rooflines and big storms make gutter sizing matter.
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Get a Free QuoteQuote requests come in from East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Ascension and West Baton Rouge parishes. The towns share the same basic problem: a lot of rain on flat ground. NOAA's 1991–2020 normals put Baton Rouge at 61.94 inches a year, with about 19 days a year of an inch or more. USDA soil survey data show most of the metro on slow-draining soil, and Ascension, Livingston and West Baton Rouge have far more high shrink-swell clay than the East Baton Rouge uplands.
The towns differ in housing age, though, and that changes what installers usually find. Older neighborhoods are more likely to need gutter replacement and fascia repair, while newer subdivisions more often need better downspouts and drainage or guards. Each area page below covers what is specific to that town, with sources.
Each one-liner is drawn from public data, such as the Census ACS 2024 5-year estimates, NOAA, the National Weather Service, USDA soil data or local news.
Median home built in 1976, with 61.94 inches of rain a year at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (ACS 2024; NOAA 1991–2020 normals). Older rooflines and big storms make gutter sizing matter.
Baton Rouge gutter quotes →Some of the newest housing in the area, with a median year built of 2003 and 85.8% of homes owner-occupied (ACS 2024), on Ascension Parish soils that USDA data show are mostly poorly drained.
Prairieville gutter quotes →Incorporated in 2005 and home to the highest owner-occupancy rate on our list, 88.8% (ACS 2024). Drainage was a 2026 mayoral campaign issue (WAFB).
Central gutter quotes →Median year built 2003 (ACS 2024). In August 2016 the NWS recorded 26.14 inches at its Hwy 64 gauge near Zachary, the highest total on its list.
Zachary gutter quotes →Shenandoah, Oak Hills Place and Inniswold, now part of the City of St. George, incorporated after a 2024 Louisiana Supreme Court ruling. Shenandoah's median home dates to 1989 (ACS 2024).
St. George gutter quotes →The "Jambalaya Capital of the World" since 1968, with a median year built of 1999 (ACS 2024). Ascension Parish ran a New River dredging project in 2022 to cut flash-flood peaks (WBRZ).
Gonzales gutter quotes →One of the older housing stocks nearby, with a median year built of 1979 (ACS 2024). The NWS gauge on the Comite River near Baker logged 21.18 inches in August 2016.
Baker gutter quotes →Median year built 1980 (ACS 2024). The Amite River at Denham Springs crested at 46.20 feet in August 2016, about 5 feet above the previous record (WBRZ).
Denham Springs gutter quotes →Median year built 1998 (ACS 2024). Livingston Parish is developing its first drainage master plan, including a $15 million culvert plan under I-12 (WAFB, 2024).
Walker gutter quotes →The oldest housing stock on our list, with a median year built of 1964 (ACS 2024). USDA soil data show about half of West Baton Rouge Parish has high shrink-swell clay.
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