Baker vs Central

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

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

Central has the higher population (29,603 vs 12,322 in Baker). Central has the higher median household income ($90,091 vs $59,451 in Baker). Central has the higher median home value ($270,700 vs $146,700 in Baker).

Population, income & housing

	Baker	Central
Population	12,322	29,603
Median age	32.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,451	$90,091
Median home value	$146,700	$270,700
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,373
Housing units	4,977	12,116
Homeownership rate	69.6%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker	Central
Population	13,437 → 12,322 (-8.3%)	29,107 → 29,603 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$53,082 → $59,451 (+12.0%)	$80,015 → $90,091 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $146,700 (+13.0%)	$217,700 → $270,700 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,031 (+7.7%)	$928 → $1,373 (+48.0%)

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

Central

Population

29,10729,603

Median household income

$80,015$90,091

Median home value

$217,700$270,700

Median gross rent

$928$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker	Central
Under 5	12.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.7%
75 and over	4.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker	Central
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	86.4%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker	Central
No high school diploma	11.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker	Central
Drove alone	87.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.8%
Other means	0.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker	Central
1-unit, detached	75.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Baker	Central
Poverty rate	22.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1979	1988