Unemployment in Baldwin Park (6.0%) is higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, against 17% across California. For jobs and income Baldwin Park is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Baldwin Park
Baldwin Park draws workers from far and wide
The 17,759 jobs in Baldwin Park are filled from a wide area. Baldwin Park’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 24%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Baldwin Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Baldwin Park is Los Angeles, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (3,747) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Baldwin Park’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Baldwin Park’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baldwin Park could be anywhere from B− to B.
13% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Baldwin Park clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many miles Baldwin Park commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who leaves Baldwin Park for work, and who comes in
On a workday 26,858 residents head out to work, 2,021 work right here, and 15,738 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58,000 people are in Baldwin Park on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Baldwin Park
17,759 jobs are based in Baldwin Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baldwin Park, 2013 → 2023: 16,663 → 17,759. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baldwin Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Baldwin Park takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baldwin Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29,858 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Baldwin Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 31,984 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Baldwin Park households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Baldwin Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Baldwin Park places 409th of 651 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 48,000 to 93,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 407 | Sanford FL | 67,483 | $67K | 11.9% | 4.0% | 16% | B |
| 408 | Burien WA | 51,859 | $91K | 12.9% | 7.0% | 6% | B |
| 409 | Baldwin Park CA | 68,880 | $81K | 13.5% | 6.0% | 7% | B |
| 410 | Grand Forks ND | 60,365 | $64K | 15.5% | 2.4% | 70% | B |
| 411 | Santa Barbara CA | 86,422 | $106K | 14.0% | 5.8% | 43% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Baldwin Park, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Baldwin Park’s workers
The biggest share goes to Industry (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baldwin Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Park | – | B | A | 29 min | $80,663 |
| Irwindale | 2% | A+ | A | 27 min | $114,167 |
| West Covina | 3% | B+ | A− | 33 min | $101,065 |
| West Puente Valley | under 2% | B | A | 32 min | $88,279 |
| Industry | 5% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| El Monte | 3% | C+ | A | 28 min | $68,030 |
Same-state neighbors only. Industry: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baldwin Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Baldwin Park: questions
What is the median household income in Baldwin Park?
$80,663 (±$3,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin Park?
13.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin Park?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin Park work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (13%, 26 mi), Industry (5%, 4 mi), Pasadena (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baldwin Park walkable?
Baldwin Park is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baldwin Park without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baldwin Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baldwin Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.