Baker vs Shenandoah

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

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

Shenandoah has the higher population (18,259 vs 12,322 in Baker). Shenandoah has the higher median household income ($107,544 vs $59,451 in Baker). Shenandoah has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $146,700 in Baker).

Population, income & housing

	Baker	Shenandoah
Population	12,322	18,259
Median age	32.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,451	$107,544
Median home value	$146,700	$319,300
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,216
Housing units	4,977	7,421
Homeownership rate	69.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker	Shenandoah
Population	13,437 → 12,322 (-8.3%)	20,252 → 18,259 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$53,082 → $59,451 (+12.0%)	$92,432 → $107,544 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $146,700 (+13.0%)	$261,900 → $319,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,031 (+7.7%)	$1,104 → $1,216 (+10.1%)

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

Shenandoah

Population

20,25218,259

Median household income

$92,432$107,544

Median home value

$261,900$319,300

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker	Shenandoah
Under 5	12.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.2%
75 and over	4.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	63.5%
Black or African American	86.4%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	11.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker	Shenandoah
Drove alone	87.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.1%	15.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	75.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baker	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	22.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1979	1989