Baker City vs Sumpter

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

Baker City and Sumpter 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 190 in Sumpter). Baker City has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $24,389 in Sumpter). Since 2019, Sumpter's population has grown faster (+5.0% vs +4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Baker City	Sumpter
Population	10,177	190
Median age	45.2 yrs	74.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$24,389
Median home value	$233,500	—
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	4,798	282
Homeownership rate	72.6%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	21.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker City	Sumpter
Population	9,752 → 10,177 (+4.4%)	181 → 190 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$44,537 → $58,125 (+30.5%)	$23,906 → $24,389 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $233,500 (+59.4%)	$140,600 → $89,700 (-36.2%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $833 (+26.0%)	—

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

Sumpter

Population

181190

Median household income

$23,906$24,389

Median home value

$140,600$89,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker City	Sumpter
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	67.4%
75 and over	11.8%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker City	Sumpter
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker City	Sumpter
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	28.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker City	Sumpter
Drove alone	78.5%	36.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	63.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker City	Sumpter
1-unit, detached	74.4%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Baker City	Sumpter
Poverty rate	12.8%	14.2%
Average household size	2.13	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1960	1975