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Baldwin County

Alabama · 267,761 residents (2025 est.) · 1,590 sq mi
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Baldwin County is a county of 246,989 people in Alabama. Since 2000 the county has risen by half, up 106,574 people. Few US counties rank higher on income. At a median age of 43.9, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Owners hold 78% of the housing stock. 4% of residents were born outside the United States.

At a glance
Average income
near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.9
US median: 38.9
Average education
34% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 65%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
246,989
+76%since 2000
from 140,415 in 2000
267,761 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
155 / sq mi
+44%since 2009
from 108 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
43.9
+13%since 2000
from 39.0 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
1,590 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
83K128K173K217K262K19902000201020202024Baldwin County
2024247K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.1%(12,586)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.4%(13,426)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.6%(16,422)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196%(14,762)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 244.9%(12,165)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3411%(27,163)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.1%(30,007)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.8%(31,499)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6414.3%(35,436)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7413%(32,061)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 846.7%(16,653)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.9%(4,809)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$78,775
+7%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $40,250 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$42,357
+103%since 2000
from $20,826 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
51.9%
+22.3 ptssince 2009
from 29.6% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
10.1%
−0.1 ptssince 2000
from 10.1% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.456
+4%since 2010
from 0.439 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information14%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade9.9%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade8.1%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services7.4%
US avg: 6.7%
Finance & insurance5.2%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical4%
US avg: 5.1%
Public administration3.9%
US avg: 4.8%
Transportation & warehousing2.1%
US avg: 2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing1.5%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction1.3%
US avg: 1.2%
Education & health services1.2%
US avg: 0.9%
Arts, entertainment, food0.6%
US avg: 1.9%
Manufacturing0.2%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$316,900
+65%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $105,300 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,277
+24%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $566 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
77.6%
−1.9 ptssince 2000
from 79.5% in 2000
22.4% rent
Vacancy rate
25.5%
−5.8 ptssince 2009
from 31.3% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.47 people
−1%since 2009
from 2.49 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
20.5%
−3.9 ptssince 2009
from 24.4% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
42.3%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 41.3% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.0
+14%since 2009
from 3.5 in 2009
2009 – 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
64
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic86.1%(120,868)
Black10.2%(14,357)
Hispanic / Latino1.8%(2,466)
Asian0.4%(531)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic80.7%(199,426)
Black8%(19,824)
Hispanic / Latino5.8%(14,276)
Asian1%(2,521)
Other4.4%(10,942)
Diversity Score
42
+27%since 2009
from 33 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
27
+6%since 2020
from 26 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican2.9%(7,245)
Central American0.6%(1,557)
Puerto Rican0.5%(1,184)
South American0.5%(1,155)
Spaniard0.4%(975)
Cuban0.3%(716)
Guatemalan0.3%(678)
Honduran0.2%(468)
Ecuadorian0.2%(428)
Colombian0.2%(408)
Chilean0.1%(237)
Salvadoran0.1%(179)
+ 5 more hispanic origin groups with data
Panamanian0.1%(163)
Dominican0%(41)
Asian origin
Chinese0.3%(712)
Filipino0.2%(419)
Asian Indian0.1%(357)
Vietnamese0.1%(188)
Japanese0.1%(183)
Korean0.1%(155)
Indonesian0.1%(150)
Laotian0%(65)
Malaysian0%(31)
Thai0%(30)
Taiwanese0%(29)
Pakistani0%(28)
Pacific Islander origin
Tongan0.1%(196)
Samoan0%(73)
Chamorro0%(17)
Ancestry
American18.5%(45,802)
English15.6%(38,529)
Irish10.4%(25,709)
German10.1%(24,828)
Italian2.9%(7,241)
French2.3%(5,787)
Scottish2.1%(5,310)
Scotch-Irish1.8%(4,450)
Swedish0.7%(1,841)
Polish0.7%(1,818)
Welsh0.6%(1,487)
Czech0.5%(1,341)
+ 42 more ancestry groups with data
British0.5%(1,253)
Norwegian0.5%(1,241)
Brazilian0.4%(1,057)
Dutch0.4%(877)
Greek0.3%(704)
Ukrainian0.3%(679)
West Indian0.3%(635)
Arab0.2%(589)
Portuguese0.2%(476)
Danish0.2%(475)
Lebanese0.2%(465)
Russian0.2%(448)
Jamaican0.2%(423)
Canadian0.2%(413)
Hungarian0.2%(372)
Finnish0.1%(330)
Austrian0.1%(270)
Lithuanian0.1%(257)
Belgian0.1%(157)
Swiss0.1%(154)
Ethiopian0.1%(132)
Romanian0.1%(131)
Slovak0.1%(127)
Haitian0%(110)
Turkish0%(90)
Croatian0%(81)
Nigerian0%(54)
Iranian0%(45)
Slovene0%(32)
Armenian0%(26)
Serbian0%(22)
Egyptian0%(16)
Syrian0%(14)
Iraqi0%(10)
Latvian0%(10)
Israeli0%(6)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
33.7%
+10.6 ptssince 2000
from 23.1% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
91.8%
+9.8 ptssince 2000
from 82.0% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
12.3%
+4.1 ptssince 2000
from 8.3% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.0 min
+53%since 2000
from 17.6 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
79.4%
−3.4 ptssince 2009
from 82.9% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
6.1%
−4.6 ptssince 2009
from 10.8% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.1%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 0.3% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
11.6%
+8.5 ptssince 2009
from 3.1% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.2%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 1.6% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
2.7%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 3.5% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
3.0%
−4.6 ptssince 2011
from 7.7% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
58.9%
−1.9 ptssince 2011
from 60.8% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
72.1%
+2.1 ptssince 2020
from 70.0% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.3%
+0.8 ptssince 2009
from 11.5% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
37.5%
+6.8 ptssince 2009
from 30.7% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
48.7%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 49.0% in 2009
Female
51.3%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 51.0% in 2009
Foreign born
4.1%
+1.1 ptssince 2009
from 3.0% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
10.1%
−5.6 ptssince 2009
from 15.7% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
13.2%
−0.8 ptssince 2012
from 14.0% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
8.3%
−6.5 ptssince 2013
from 14.8% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
90.6%
+16.1 ptssince 2017
from 74.5% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
94.9%
+3.1 ptssince 2020
from 91.8% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
88.9%
+0.5 ptssince 2020
from 88.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
94.1%
−0.4 ptssince 2016
from 94.5% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
3.5%
−0.3 ptssince 2016
from 3.9% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married25.6%(25,212)
Married61.6%(60,726)
Widowed3.5%(3,480)
Divorced9.3%(9,170)
Women 15+
Never married21%(22,306)
Married56.8%(60,197)
Widowed9.3%(9,822)
Divorced12.9%(13,642)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
8.3%
−6.5 ptssince 2013
from 14.8% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
53.5%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 52.0% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
16.4%
−1.8 ptssince 2020
from 18.2% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
23.4%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 22.7% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
14.5%
−0.8 ptssince 2020
from 15.3% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.8%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 3.0% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
70.4%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 70.4% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
35.9%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 36.1% 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)23.3%(4,568)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)22.5%(4,407)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.4%(8,320)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(772)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(141)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 19,604 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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Frequently asked

How many people live in Baldwin County, Alabama?

Baldwin County, Alabama has about 246,989 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Baldwin County, Alabama?

The typical household in Baldwin County, Alabama earns about $78,775 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Baldwin County, Alabama expensive?

In Baldwin County, Alabama, the median home is worth about $316,900, and the typical rent is about $1,277 a month.

How educated are people in Baldwin County, Alabama?

About 33.7% of adults age 25 and over in Baldwin County, Alabama hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Baldwin County, Alabama?

About 10.1% of people in Baldwin County, Alabama live below the federal poverty line.

Has Baldwin County, Alabama grown since 1990?

Yes, Baldwin County, Alabama has grown since 1990. The population has added about 148,709 residents, a change of about 151 percent over that period.

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