Baker County vs Hood River County

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

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

Hood River County has the higher population (23,958 vs 16,796 in Baker County). Hood River County has the higher median household income ($82,095 vs $57,844 in Baker County). Hood River County has the higher median home value ($571,200 vs $247,700 in Baker County).

Population, income & housing

	Baker County	Hood River County
Population	16,796	23,958
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,844	$82,095
Median home value	$247,700	$571,200
Median gross rent	$814	$1,381
Housing units	8,687	10,210
Homeownership rate	72.8%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker County	Hood River County
Population	16,019 → 16,796 (+4.9%)	23,209 → 23,958 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$45,998 → $57,844 (+25.8%)	$65,679 → $82,095 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $247,700 (+43.1%)	$373,600 → $571,200 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $814 (+20.8%)	$1,133 → $1,381 (+21.9%)

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

Hood River County

Population

23,20923,958

Median household income

$65,679$82,095

Median home value

$373,600$571,200

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker County	Hood River County
Under 5	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.2%	10.5%
75 and over	11.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker County	Hood River County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	62.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker County	Hood River County
No high school diploma	7.6%	15.8%
High school graduate	27.4%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker County	Hood River County
Drove alone	74.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	6.6%	5.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	18.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker County	Hood River County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Baker County	Hood River County
Poverty rate	13.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1967	1981