Baker City vs Halfway

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

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

Baker City has the higher population (10,177 vs 379 in Halfway). Baker City has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $38,203 in Halfway). Baker City has the higher median home value ($233,500 vs $233,300 in Halfway).

Population, income & housing

	Baker City	Halfway
Population	10,177	379
Median age	45.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$38,203
Median home value	$233,500	$233,300
Median gross rent	$833	$833
Housing units	4,798	173
Homeownership rate	72.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker City	Halfway
Population	9,752 → 10,177 (+4.4%)	314 → 379 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$44,537 → $58,125 (+30.5%)	$40,972 → $38,203 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $233,500 (+59.4%)	$138,300 → $233,300 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $833 (+26.0%)	$692 → $833 (+20.4%)

Baker City

Population

9,75210,177

Median household income

$44,537$58,125

Median home value

$146,500$233,500

Median gross rent

$661$833

Halfway

Population

314379

Median household income

$40,972$38,203

Median home value

$138,300$233,300

Median gross rent

$692$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker City	Halfway
Under 5	5.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.2%
75 and over	11.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker City	Halfway
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker City	Halfway
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker City	Halfway
Drove alone	78.5%	63.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	30.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker City	Halfway
1-unit, detached	74.4%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Baker City	Halfway
Poverty rate	12.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	14	9
Median year structure built	1960	1963