Best PlacesBaker, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baker, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Baker ranks 48,235th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Baker
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Baker's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baker ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 178 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.2 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of towns
- BikingBetter than 75% of towns
Where Baker ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
Who lives in Baker
Baker runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Baker.
Who works in Baker, and how
Work in Baker centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Baker
Baker has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Baker and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Baker, month by month
Baker sees roughly 178 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 105 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 34° |
| April | 81° | 66° | 51° |
| July | 105° | 91° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Baker
Harry Reid International sits about 75 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 204 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Baker
Schools across Baker average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yermo ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Baker ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
- Sandy Valley EsD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webb Del E MsA− · 53% proficient
- Baker Junior HighD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Baker HighB · 50% proficient
- Silver Valley HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Sandy Valley J-shsD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baker school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baker measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Baker against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Baker
Is Baker a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baker ranks 48,235th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Baker safe?
Baker is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $2,042 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Baker?
July highs average about 105 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 34. That works out to about 178 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of towns.
Compare Baker with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baker. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baker represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Baker detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baker: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baker: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baker: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baker: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baker detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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