What is the population of Baker city?

Baker city has 12,322 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Baker city?

Median household income in Baker city is $59,451 a year, 24.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baker city?

Median gross rent is $1,031 a month and the median home value is $146,700, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.

Is Baker city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baker city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Baker, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Baker, Louisiana (Baker, LA — Census place “Baker city”) is 12,322 residents, ranking #41 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $59,451, the median home is worth $146,700 and median gross rent runs $1,031 a month. Looking for the Baker Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Baker, LA: 70714.

Population: 12,322Baker city residents
Median household income: $59,451Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $146,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,031Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.6%Owner-occupied households

Baker ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Baker.

The Baker LA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

70714

What the numbers mean in Baker city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Baker city median would spend about 20.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22.2% of residents and 69.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Baker city, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Baker city is a mid-size town in Louisiana, with 12,322 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #41 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 32.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Baker city earn a median of $59,451 a year, 24.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% above the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 22.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Baker city is valued at $146,700, 51.6% below the national figure and 15% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,031 a month, 26.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,372 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Baker city?: Baker city has 12,322 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Baker city?: Median household income in Baker city is $59,451 a year, 24.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baker city?: Median gross rent is $1,031 a month and the median home value is $146,700, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.
Is Baker city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baker city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Baker city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.