Baker vs Searles Valley

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

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

Searles Valley has the higher population (1,698 vs 482 in Baker). Baker has the higher median home value ($115,100 vs $68,500 in Searles Valley). Since 2019, Searles Valley's population has grown faster (+0.5% vs -10.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Baker	Searles Valley
Population	482	1,698
Median age	28.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,625
Median home value	$115,100	$68,500
Median gross rent	$883	$809
Housing units	255	847
Homeownership rate	30.4%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker	Searles Valley
Population	541 → 482 (-10.9%)	1,689 → 1,698 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$27,308 → $31,786 (+16.4%)	$36,806 → $65,625 (+78.3%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $115,100 (+32.5%)	$57,700 → $68,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $883 (+31.8%)	$621 → $809 (+30.3%)

Baker

Population

541482

Median household income

$27,308$31,786

Median home value

$86,900$115,100

Median gross rent

$670$883

Searles Valley

Population

1,6891,698

Median household income

$36,806$65,625

Median home value

$57,700$68,500

Median gross rent

$621$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker	Searles Valley
Under 5	10.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	26.4%
18 to 24	18.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	21.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.8%
75 and over	2.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker	Searles Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	18.9%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	78.2%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker	Searles Valley
No high school diploma	23.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	59.0%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker	Searles Valley
Drove alone	64.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker	Searles Valley
1-unit, detached	28.2%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	43.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Baker	Searles Valley
Poverty rate	22.5%	18.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1988	1957