Baker vs Baton Rouge

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

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

Baton Rouge has the higher population (223,699 vs 12,322 in Baker). Baker has the higher median household income ($59,451 vs $49,944 in Baton Rouge). Baton Rouge has the higher median home value ($224,500 vs $146,700 in Baker).

Population, income & housing

	Baker	Baton Rouge
Population	12,322	223,699
Median age	32.4 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,451	$49,944
Median home value	$146,700	$224,500
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,044
Housing units	4,977	106,421
Homeownership rate	69.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker	Baton Rouge
Population	13,437 → 12,322 (-8.3%)	224,149 → 223,699 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$53,082 → $59,451 (+12.0%)	$44,470 → $49,944 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $146,700 (+13.0%)	$174,000 → $224,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,031 (+7.7%)	$879 → $1,044 (+18.8%)

Baker

Population

13,43712,322

Median household income

$53,082$59,451

Median home value

$129,800$146,700

Median gross rent

$957$1,031

Baton Rouge

Population

224,149223,699

Median household income

$44,470$49,944

Median home value

$174,000$224,500

Median gross rent

$879$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker	Baton Rouge
Under 5	12.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	19.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.4%
75 and over	4.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker	Baton Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	34.9%
Black or African American	86.4%	50.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker	Baton Rouge
No high school diploma	11.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker	Baton Rouge
Drove alone	87.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker	Baton Rouge
1-unit, detached	75.8%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	14.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Baker	Baton Rouge
Poverty rate	22.2%	25.0%
Average household size	2.86	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1979	1975