What is the population of Baker City city?

Baker City city has 10,177 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Baker City city?

Median household income in Baker City city is $58,125 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $833 a month and the median home value is $233,500, so rent absorbs about 17.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baker City city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Baker City, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Baker City, Oregon (Baker City, OR — Census place “Baker City city”) is 10,177 residents, ranking #65 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $58,125, the median home is worth $233,500 and median gross rent runs $833 a month. Looking for the Baker City Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Baker City, OR: 97814.

Population: 10,177Baker City city residents
Median household income: $58,125Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $233,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $833Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.6%Owner-occupied households

Baker City ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Baker City.

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

97814

What the numbers mean in Baker City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Baker City city median would spend about 17.2% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.8% of residents and 72.6% 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 city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Baker City city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 10,177 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #65 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 45.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 city earn a median of $58,125 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 12.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Baker City city is valued at $233,500, 23% below the national figure and 38% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $833 a month, 40.8% below the national figure, or roughly $9,996 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 72.6% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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

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What is the population of Baker City city?: Baker City city has 10,177 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Baker City city?: Median household income in Baker City city is $58,125 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baker City city?: Median gross rent is $833 a month and the median home value is $233,500, so rent absorbs about 17.2% of median household income.
Is Baker City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baker City city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Baker City 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.