Baker vs Zachary

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

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

Zachary has the higher population (19,637 vs 12,322 in Baker). Zachary has the higher median household income ($90,507 vs $59,451 in Baker). Zachary has the higher median home value ($258,000 vs $146,700 in Baker).

Population, income & housing

	Baker	Zachary
Population	12,322	19,637
Median age	32.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,451	$90,507
Median home value	$146,700	$258,000
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,440
Housing units	4,977	7,467
Homeownership rate	69.6%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker	Zachary
Population	13,437 → 12,322 (-8.3%)	17,283 → 19,637 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$53,082 → $59,451 (+12.0%)	$84,795 → $90,507 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $146,700 (+13.0%)	$224,500 → $258,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,031 (+7.7%)	$1,097 → $1,440 (+31.3%)

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

Zachary

Population

17,28319,637

Median household income

$84,795$90,507

Median home value

$224,500$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker	Zachary
Under 5	12.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	19.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.2%
75 and over	4.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker	Zachary
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	47.3%
Black or African American	86.4%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker	Zachary
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker	Zachary
Drove alone	87.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker	Zachary
1-unit, detached	75.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.8%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Baker	Zachary
Poverty rate	22.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1979	2002