Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 68,880, settled in 1907.
Baldwin Park grades D overall, ranked 555th of 841 in California, mostly because of safety. Its police reported 252 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. One bright spot: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. Baldwin Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 100% of U.S. towns. The typical home is worth about $708K, 7.4 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income.
Where Baldwin Park beats most towns.
Where Baldwin Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Baldwin Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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Census counts: 33,951 in 1960, 72,176 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 7 maps from 1894 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Baldwin Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw21 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaCrypto.com ArenaDisneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Crypto.com Arena: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Baldwin Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Baldwin Park.
Baldwin Park fares better on crime within California than nationally and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Baldwin Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Baldwin Park Unified school district. Two of its 18 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 709 | B− |
| Sierra Vista HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,650 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
At 31.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 56% of California’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,532 to 1,148 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Baldwin Park’s violent crime rate is 3.7 per 1,000 residents, above both the California town median (2.9) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). Baldwin Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less.
| Baldwin Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.7 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 13.1 per 1,000 residents | 13.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Baldwin Park for work: only 7% work in town. 6.6% of workers work from home in Baldwin Park, where California’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 11%. Baldwin Park’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Baldwin Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.6% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 45.2°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 88.1°.
Baldwin Park has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The January low in Baldwin Park is 45°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Baldwin Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 45°F | 40°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Baldwin Park beats the California average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 44% of Baldwin Park adults feel lonely.
| Baldwin Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 16% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Baldwin Park | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.1% | 6.4% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 17.9% | 20.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 18.3% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
58% of households own their home in Baldwin Park.
| Baldwin Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,867 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 57% | 55% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Baldwin Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Walnut Creek Nature Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
| 2. Morgan Park | — | 12 |
| 3. Barnes Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
42 within 15 miles of the center of Baldwin Park
About 8 of every 100 Baldwin Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
11 notable people were born in Baldwin Park.
5 towns share a border with Baldwin Park.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Park | #555 | D | D | C | B | C+ |
| Irwindale | — | — | C | D− | B | B+ |
| West Covina | #387 | C | D− | C | B+ | B+ |
| West Puente Valley | #393 | C | D | — | B+ | C+ |
| Industry | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| El Monte | #668 | D | D− | C− | C+ | C |
Irwindale has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. West Puente Valley reports no FBI crime data of its own. Industry isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Baldwin Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
It grades C+ for health, C for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
11 notable people were born here, including Raja Gemini and Jairo Aquino.
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