Interstate 84 Between La Grande and Ontario, Oregon · Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Baker County, Oregon
16,840 residents · Updated Nov 12, 2026
Rental availability, asking rents against HUD Fair Market Rent, and community services in Baker County, from the data behind Range Lab’s tools, refreshed daily.
Interstate 84 Between La Grande and Ontario, Oregon · Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Adults with frequent mental distress
16.7%
4 mental-health listings · below the Oregon median of 17.7%
Adults 18–64 without health insurance
7.7%
10 medical listings · below the Oregon median of 8.6%
Adults ever diagnosed with depression
25.7%
below the Oregon median of 26.4%
Adults reporting food insecurity
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Not in this CDC release · 22 food listings
Need against listed capacity
CDC PLACES prevalence applied to the county’s adult population, beside the services listed for that need in the Range Lab directory. Adults per listing is a rough reading of how thin the net is, not a wait time.
Frequent mental distress
2,300
16.7% of 13,512 adults
One dot = 100 adults
No health insurance
700
7.7% of 8,780 adults 18–64
One dot = 100 adults 18–64
Depression diagnosis
3,500
25.7% of 13,512 adults
One dot = 100 adults
Provider shortage designations and listed services
HRSA scores each Health Professional Shortage Area 0–25 (dental 0–26); a county’s score is the highest among its designated areas. Higher means a worse shortage. Listed services per 10,000 residents from the Range Lab directory.
HRSA shortage score, 2026
Grey tick = median among designated Oregon counties
- Primary / medical care17 · designated
- Mental health18 · designated
- Dental16 · designated
Baker is designated for primary care and mental health and dental. Facility-only designations (clinics, FQHCs) are excluded.
Listed services per 10,000 residents
- Medical5.95.1
- Mental health2.41.5
- Dental0.00.5
- Addiction & recovery0.60.8
- Food13.14.8
No dental services are listed in the directory yet.
How Baker compares with other Oregon counties
Adults with frequent mental distress against adults 18–64 without health insurance, CDC PLACES 2025. Dot size is county population; dashed lines are the state medians. Hover a dot for the county.
Baker sits below the state median on distress (16.7% vs. 17.7%) and below it on uninsured adults (7.7% vs. 8.6%).
Sources: CDC PLACES 2025 (model-based county estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas; Census ACS 2024 5-year population; Range Lab resource directory. About the data.