Apartments for Rent in Walker, LA

Are you interested in renting in Walker? It is a small town in Livingston Parish along Interstate 10. The town gets its name from a North Carolina family that cleared about 400 acres of piney woods in the area during the mid-1850s. It became an official city in 2011. Walker is a working-class city where about 12% of residents live below the poverty line. The city is a part of the Livingston Parish Public School system, which includes several schools located in Walker. Many people who live in Walker enjoy the laid-back atmosphere of a small town, but they also appreciate that Baton Rouge is only 20.5 miles away by car.

Walker has a family median income of $64,227, which is about $1,000 lower than the national family median income. Sales, office, and administrative support is the most important sector of Walker's economy, employing more than 30% of the town's working adults. Other important employment sectors include management, business, and finance (21.89%); construction, extraction, and maintenance (14.15%); and production, transportation, and material moving (9.84%). Over 84% of adults in Walker have graduated from high school, slightly higher than the national statistic (82.4%) and significantly better than the state statistic (77.6%). After high school, though, Walker's residents don't put an emphasis on education, with only 20% holding undergraduate degrees and about 7% having graduate or professional degrees, which is lower than the state and national statistics. Practically no one in Walker has a doctoral degree.

Walker students are served by Livingston Parish Public Schools. The school system earns positive reviews for its diversity and academics. About 81% of students in the parish's public school system are proficient readers, and about 72% are proficient in mathematics. Most graduates who choose to attend college go to Louisiana State University or Southeastern Louisiana University.