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Baldwin

New York · 34,994 residents · 4.11 sq mi
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Baldwin is a city of 34,994 people in New York. Households here earn about 69% more than in New York as a whole. Owners hold 87% of the housing stock. The population is up 49% since 2000. Few US cities rank higher on income. The median household earns $145,472, about 77% above the national median.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $145,472, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.0
US median: 38.9
More educated
44% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 67%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Baldwin

What changed most since 1990

  • White share81.1% → 23.7% (−57.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
  • Black share11.0% → 44.0% (+33.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$451,453 → $593,800 (+32%)US over the same years: +67%

Among the 810 cities and towns in the New York metro

  • 306th in household income$145,472
  • 514th in share with a bachelor's degree44.3%
  • 430th in home value$593,800
  • 51st in diversity score86.5

Its weight in Nassau County

Baldwin's population equals 2.5% of Nassau County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.8% of the county's.

Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
34,994
+49%since 2000
from 23,455 in 2000
1990 – 2024
Population density
8,506 / sq mi
+49%since 2000
from 5,701 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
41.0
+10%since 2000
from 37.4 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
4.11 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
21K25K29K33K36K19902000201020202024Baldwin
202435K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.6%(1,619)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.9%(2,049)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.5%(2,614)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.5%(2,281)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247.6%(2,660)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3411%(3,833)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412%(4,210)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.2%(4,622)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6414.3%(5,019)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7410%(3,494)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.6%(1,948)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.8%(645)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$145,472
+12%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $71,456 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$53,316
+90%since 2000
from $28,114 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
79.9%
+12.4 ptssince 2009
from 67.5% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
6.6%
+1.2 ptssince 2000
from 5.4% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.390
+13%since 2010
from 0.344 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information10.5%
US avg: 10.8%
Finance & insurance6.6%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical6%
US avg: 5.1%
Other services5.5%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration4.3%
US avg: 4.8%
Wholesale trade4%
US avg: 6.9%
Retail trade3.9%
US avg: 9.9%
Arts, entertainment, food2.3%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing1.6%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.7%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.1%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.1%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$593,800
+67%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $195,200 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,890
+16%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $891 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
86.6%
+3.3 ptssince 2000
from 83.3% in 2000
13.4% rent
Vacancy rate
2.9%
−1.0 ptssince 2009
from 3.9% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
3.21 people
Unchangedsince 2009
from 3.21 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
35.8%
−12.1 ptssince 2009
from 47.9% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
44.9%
−10.6 ptssince 2009
from 55.5% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.1
−5%since 2009
from 4.3 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
32
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic60.3%(14,143)
Black22.3%(5,226)
Hispanic / Latino11.6%(2,721)
Asian3.2%(761)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic23.7%(8,288)
Black44%(15,393)
Hispanic / Latino23.3%(8,161)
Asian3.3%(1,141)
Other5.7%(2,011)
Diversity Score
86
+5%since 2009
from 83 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Dominican6.5%(2,280)
Central American5.5%(1,913)
Salvadoran4.3%(1,503)
Puerto Rican3.8%(1,323)
South American3.1%(1,091)
Ecuadorian1.7%(598)
Panamanian0.7%(233)
Colombian0.6%(194)
Honduran0.4%(148)
Argentine0.4%(128)
Mexican0.3%(105)
Cuban0.3%(96)
+ 5 more hispanic origin groups with data
Venezuelan0.3%(92)
Spaniard0.2%(63)
Peruvian0.2%(59)
Guatemalan0.1%(29)
Chilean0.1%(20)
Asian origin
Asian Indian1.1%(401)
Filipino0.7%(261)
Chinese0.6%(208)
Thai0.3%(107)
Pakistani0.2%(68)
Korean0.1%(42)
Japanese0.1%(27)
Ancestry
West Indian19.6%(6,874)
Haitian8%(2,812)
Jamaican7.7%(2,708)
Italian6.5%(2,279)
Irish6.4%(2,225)
German4.5%(1,564)
American2.9%(1,017)
English2%(711)
Guyanese1.1%(372)
Russian0.7%(258)
+ 33 more ancestry groups with data
Polish0.6%(218)
Armenian0.5%(171)
Arab0.5%(162)
Nigerian0.4%(155)
French0.3%(122)
Romanian0.3%(109)
Barbadian0.2%(81)
Scottish0.2%(76)
Hungarian0.2%(68)
Ghanaian0.2%(67)
Norwegian0.2%(66)
Scotch-Irish0.2%(61)
Austrian0.2%(60)
Israeli0.2%(59)
Lithuanian0.2%(56)
Turkish0.2%(54)
Slovak0.1%(46)
Czech0.1%(43)
Ukrainian0.1%(39)
Swedish0.1%(35)
Serbian0.1%(29)
Croatian0.1%(28)
Greek0.1%(22)
Welsh0.1%(22)
Dutch0.1%(19)
British0%(15)
Finnish0%(15)
Slovene0%(13)
Iranian0%(11)
Danish0%(9)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
44.3%
+9.1 ptssince 2000
from 35.2% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
93.6%
+6.4 ptssince 2000
from 87.2% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
17.8%
+3.8 ptssince 2000
from 14.0% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
39.5 min
+38%since 2000
from 28.7 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
65.8%
−5.7 ptssince 2009
from 71.5% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
7.4%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 7.5% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
12.9%
−1.4 ptssince 2009
from 14.3% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
10.8%
+7.8 ptssince 2009
from 3.0% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.6%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 2.3% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.5%
−1.0 ptssince 2009
from 6.5% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.3%
−1.2 ptssince 2011
from 5.5% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
68.4%
−3.5 ptssince 2011
from 71.9% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
82.0%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 80.2% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
22.0%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 20.9% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
46.9%
+4.2 ptssince 2009
from 42.7% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
48.7%
+1.1 ptssince 2009
from 47.6% in 2009
Female
51.3%
−1.1 ptssince 2009
from 52.4% in 2009
Foreign born
28.1%
+2.2 ptssince 2009
from 25.9% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
3.1%
−4.0 ptssince 2009
from 7.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
8.2%
+1.4 ptssince 2012
from 6.8% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
2.6%
−8.6 ptssince 2013
from 11.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
96.1%
+9.4 ptssince 2017
from 86.7% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.0%
+3.0 ptssince 2020
from 94.0% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
95.3%
−0.4 ptssince 2020
from 95.7% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
68.7%
−0.4 ptssince 2016
from 69.1% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
16.9%
−2.8 ptssince 2016
from 19.7% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married39.8%(5,508)
Married53.8%(7,445)
Widowed1.7%(229)
Divorced4.8%(661)
Women 15+
Never married35.7%(5,313)
Married48.6%(7,232)
Widowed7.8%(1,165)
Divorced7.8%(1,159)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
2.6%
−8.6 ptssince 2013
from 11.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
73.9%
+2.2 ptssince 2020
from 71.7% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
10.9%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 11.9% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
16.3%
+1.3 ptssince 2020
from 15.0% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
15.0%
+2.0 ptssince 2020
from 13.0% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
0.9%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 0.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
80.7%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 81.0% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
27.8%
+2.3 ptssince 2020
from 25.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)21.8%(185)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.8%(151)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.8%(388)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.7%(48)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.9%(8)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 848 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Baldwin, decade by decade

Baldwin population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
199022,719$129,589$451,45331.0%40.8
200023,455$130,168$355,58735.2%71.4
201024,033$143,673$601,75444.6%86.3
202033,919$147,420$522,38941.1%89.4
202434,994$145,472$593,80044.3%86.5

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Baldwin, New York?

Baldwin, New York has about 34,994 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Baldwin, New York?

The typical household in Baldwin, New York earns about $145,472 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Baldwin, New York expensive?

In Baldwin, New York, the median home is worth about $593,800, and the typical rent is about $1,890 a month.

How educated are people in Baldwin, New York?

About 44.3% of adults age 25 and over in Baldwin, New York hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Baldwin, New York?

About 6.6% of people in Baldwin, New York live below the federal poverty line.

Has Baldwin, New York grown since 1990?

Yes, Baldwin, New York has grown since 1990. The population has added about 12,275 residents, a change of about 54 percent over that period.

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