Baker County vs Morrow County

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

Baker County and Morrow 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 12,249 in Morrow County). Morrow County has the higher median household income ($70,217 vs $57,844 in Baker County). Baker County has the higher median home value ($247,700 vs $229,800 in Morrow County).

Population, income & housing

	Baker County	Morrow County
Population	16,796	12,249
Median age	47.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,844	$70,217
Median home value	$247,700	$229,800
Median gross rent	$814	$910
Housing units	8,687	4,813
Homeownership rate	72.8%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baker County	Morrow County
Population	16,019 → 16,796 (+4.9%)	11,303 → 12,249 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$45,998 → $57,844 (+25.8%)	$54,269 → $70,217 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $247,700 (+43.1%)	$138,100 → $229,800 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $814 (+20.8%)	$790 → $910 (+15.2%)

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

Morrow County

Population

11,30312,249

Median household income

$54,269$70,217

Median home value

$138,100$229,800

Median gross rent

$790$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baker County	Morrow County
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.2%	10.5%
75 and over	11.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baker County	Morrow County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baker County	Morrow County
No high school diploma	7.6%	24.0%
High school graduate	27.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baker County	Morrow County
Drove alone	74.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.8%
Public transit	0.2%	1.4%
Walked	6.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baker County	Morrow County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	33.5%

Poverty & households

	Baker County	Morrow County
Poverty rate	13.8%	14.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1967	1980