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Baker, CA

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Overview


Baker is a tiny town located in the state of California. With a population of 442 people and just one neighborhood, Baker is the 805th largest community in California.

Occupations and Workforce

Baker is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.45% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Baker is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baker who work in food service (39.19%), sales jobs (27.84%), and management occupations (9.52%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Baker has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Baker has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Baker than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Baker may be for you.

One of the benefits of Baker is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.97 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Baker is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

Baker ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Baker in 2022 was $24,663, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,652 for a family of four. However, Baker contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Baker is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Baker home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Baker, accounting for 78.22% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Baker residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Baker include Welsh, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

In addition, Baker has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (47.93%).

The most common language spoken in Baker is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Korean.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Baker, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 40.8% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 97.6% of all American neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

More people in choose to walk to work each day (14.8%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.

People

The neighborhood is unique for having just 7.3% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.2% of America's neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dominican and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 0.8% have Belgian ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Baker are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 41.5% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (16.0%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 76.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (17.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Baker, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (24.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report German roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (6.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.1%), among others. In addition, 19.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (61.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (14.8%) and 13.0% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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