Baker vs Bluewater

A side-by-side comparison of Baker and Bluewater: population, income, housing, and more.

Baker and Bluewater are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baker has the higher population (482 vs 144 in Bluewater). Baker has the higher median home value ($115,100 vs $79,300 in Bluewater). Since 2019, Baker's population has grown faster (-10.9% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Baker	Bluewater
Population	482	144
Median age	28.9 yrs	75.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,313
Median home value	$115,100	$79,300
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	255	420
Homeownership rate	30.4%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker	Bluewater
Population	541 → 482 (-10.9%)	163 → 144 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$27,308 → $31,786 (+16.4%)	$31,000 → $65,313 (+110.7%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $115,100 (+32.5%)	$27,500 → $79,300 (+188.4%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $883 (+31.8%)	—

Baker

Population

541482

Median household income

$27,308$31,786

Median home value

$86,900$115,100

Median gross rent

$670$883

Bluewater

Population

163144

Median household income

$31,000$65,313

Median home value

$27,500$79,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker	Bluewater
Under 5	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	18.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	3.5%
55 to 64	21.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	36.1%
75 and over	2.1%	50.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker	Bluewater
White (non-Hispanic)	18.9%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	78.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker	Bluewater
No high school diploma	23.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	59.0%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker	Bluewater
Drove alone	64.5%	58.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	41.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker	Bluewater
1-unit, detached	28.2%	5.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.1%	95.0%

Poverty & households

	Baker	Bluewater
Poverty rate	22.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1988	1984