Baker County vs Lake County

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

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

Baker County has the higher population (16,796 vs 8,254 in Lake County). Lake County has the higher median household income ($61,222 vs $57,844 in Baker County). Baker County has the higher median home value ($247,700 vs $219,400 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Baker County	Lake County
Population	16,796	8,254
Median age	47.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,844	$61,222
Median home value	$247,700	$219,400
Median gross rent	$814	$861
Housing units	8,687	4,223
Homeownership rate	72.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker County	Lake County
Population	16,019 → 16,796 (+4.9%)	7,837 → 8,254 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$45,998 → $57,844 (+25.8%)	$37,898 → $61,222 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $247,700 (+43.1%)	$146,800 → $219,400 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $814 (+20.8%)	$709 → $861 (+21.4%)

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

Lake County

Population

7,8378,254

Median household income

$37,898$61,222

Median home value

$146,800$219,400

Median gross rent

$709$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker County	Lake County
Under 5	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	16.2%	15.1%
75 and over	11.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker County	Lake County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	80.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	2.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker County	Lake County
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	27.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker County	Lake County
Drove alone	74.7%	72.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	9.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.3%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker County	Lake County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Baker County	Lake County
Poverty rate	13.8%	17.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1967	1972