Where Baldwin Park earns its living
6% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Hardly any stay in Baldwin Park for work; outside it, Kansas City is the main destination (22%, 28 miles). The trip to work takes 33 minutes on average, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Baldwin Park by day
On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36 people are in Baldwin Park on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where the trip to work from Baldwin Park ends
Where Baldwin Park clocks in
22% 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.
About 33 minutes to work from Baldwin Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baldwin Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Baldwin Park
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.
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?
$31,250 (±$24,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin Park?
26.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin Park?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (22%, 28 mi), Lee's Summit (17%, 12 mi), Pleasant Hill (13%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baldwin Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.