Baldwin has lower unemployment (0.7%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Baldwin B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Home is the office for 8% of workers, against 16% across Georgia. Measured by household income, Baldwin is behind 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Baldwin, in a few figures
Inside Baldwin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Baldwin is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #114 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Baldwin’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (20.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baldwin could be anywhere from C to B.
How long Baldwin spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baldwin workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,806 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Baldwin, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,452 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 1,177 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Cornelia
Where Baldwin clocks in
9% of workers
3% 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.
Inside Baldwin’s 1,238 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 1,380 → 1,238. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Baldwin
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Driving is how Baldwin gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baldwin is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #196 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,961 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.7% of Baldwin households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baldwin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,962 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700, Baldwin comes 2,249th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 270 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,247 | Provincetown MA | 3,729 | $137K | 6.2% | 7.2% | 48% | B− |
| 2,248 | Lake California CA | 3,808 | $92K | 9.7% | 4.6% | 1% | B− |
| 2,249 | Baldwin GA | 4,240 | $59K | 20.2% | 0.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,250 | Pickens SC | 3,188 | $55K | 16.7% | 1.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,251 | Knox Township IL | 4,785 | $82K | 11.3% | 4.8% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns next door employ 13% of Baldwin
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Cornelia. Darker towns draw more of Baldwin’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: questions
What is the median household income in Baldwin?
$59,242 (±$12,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin?
20.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cornelia (13%, 1 mi), Gainesville (9%, 22 mi), Atlanta (3%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baldwin walkable?
Baldwin is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baldwin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baldwin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baldwin
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.