Baker County vs Curry County

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

Baker County and Curry County are counties in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Curry County has the higher population (23,463 vs 16,796 in Baker County). Curry County has the higher median household income ($64,769 vs $57,844 in Baker County). Curry County has the higher median home value ($366,700 vs $247,700 in Baker County).

Population, income & housing

	Baker County	Curry County
Population	16,796	23,463
Median age	47.6 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,844	$64,769
Median home value	$247,700	$366,700
Median gross rent	$814	$1,156
Housing units	8,687	13,123
Homeownership rate	72.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker County	Curry County
Population	16,019 → 16,796 (+4.9%)	22,650 → 23,463 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$45,998 → $57,844 (+25.8%)	$48,440 → $64,769 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $247,700 (+43.1%)	$265,400 → $366,700 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $814 (+20.8%)	$888 → $1,156 (+30.2%)

Baker County

Population

16,01916,796

Median household income

$45,998$57,844

Median home value

$173,100$247,700

Median gross rent

$674$814

Curry County

Population

22,65023,463

Median household income

$48,440$64,769

Median home value

$265,400$366,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker County	Curry County
Under 5	4.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	16.2%	21.3%
75 and over	11.4%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker County	Curry County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker County	Curry County
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker County	Curry County
Drove alone	74.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	6.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	18.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker County	Curry County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Baker County	Curry County
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1967	1982