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Baker County, OR

16,840 Population
3,068 square miles 5.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,492 ±$2,229 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,936 ±$5,432 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.9% ±2.6% (2,423  ±431) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±1.6 (83,935  ±10,481) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,355 ±192 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (16,243  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2.5% (169  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,725 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$285,600 ±$16,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±2.8% (1,977  ±468.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±5.2% (11,635  ±663.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±2.7% (3,298  ±346.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% (332  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.1% ±1.6% (1,500  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,500 Total veterans ±216 1,430 Male ±213 70 Female ±43

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