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Baker, LA

12,322 Population
8.4 square miles 1,461.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 36 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,519 ±$2,954 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $36,908 ±$621
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$59,451 ±$9,590 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $68,910 ±$1,516
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

22.2% ±7% (2,711  ±850) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 16% 135,250 (±0.7% / ±5,866)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

25.2 minutes ±2.4 (134,840  ±20,094) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 27.1 9,954,085 (±0.4 / ±176,523)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

4,258 ±445 Number of households
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 326,145 ±2,050
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.9 ±0.3 (12,179  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 2.6 844,088 (±0 / ±565)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

6.4% ±4% (204  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 4.8% † 10,337 (±0.5% / ±1,150)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

4,977 ±491 Number of housing units
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 380,325 ±260
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$146,700 ±$17,304 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $232,300 ±$2,564
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

13.8% ±5.2% (1,666  ±628.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 13% 112,025 (±0.6% / ±4,984.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

88.1% ±8.7% (6,657  ±799.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 88.6% 502,579 (±1.2% / ±6,745.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
20.2% ±4.7% (1,527  ±369.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 30% 170,176 (±0.7% / ±3,824.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.5% ±0.4% (66  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 44,885
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

4.4% ±1.4% (402  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.3% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,739)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
402 Total veterans ±127 334 Male ±128 68 Female ±62

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