BaldwinNY
The town, settled in 1899, counts 34,994 residents.
Is Baldwin a good place to live?
Baldwin’s typical journey to work is 40 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 7 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a higher January low than Baldwin. The biggest place to walk is Baldwin Park, 139 acres with 1.9 miles of trail. We don’t grade Baldwin yet; the figures below are still real.
Baldwin has grown 41% from 2010 to 2020
24,033 counted in 2010 and 33,919 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Central Park and 507 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Baldwin. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw21 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw21 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw20 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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Moving to Baldwin: who provides what
Baldwin is unincorporated, so Nassau County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Baldwin.
Homes in Baldwin are worth about $729K, by Zillow’s estimate
Home values are up 5.4% over the year to September 2026. Baldwin’s rent at the middle of the market is $1,890 a month. The share of households in Baldwin who own their home: 87%.
| Baldwin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,890 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most of Baldwin’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
The median household income for Baldwin comes to $145,000. Most working residents leave Baldwin for work: only 4% work in town. Employers in Baldwin shed 683 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 4,717. The top destinations are New York (44%), Hempstead (28%) and North Hempstead (8%).
| Baldwin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $145,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Baldwin
For Baldwin, the typical July afternoon high is 84°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Baldwin, with inland flooding at the top
Since 1978, Baldwin has seen 1,800 flood insurance claims paid out. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. 71% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by coastal flooding at 10%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer of Baldwin’s adults have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical New York or U.S. town
15% of Baldwin adults say their health is fair or poor. Only 9 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Baldwin. Against the New York average, Baldwin comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1.
| Baldwin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 21% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Baldwin | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 12.9% | 17.5% |
| More adults sleeping under 7 hours | 44.9% | 37.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 7.4% of Baldwin
The concentration of trails in Baldwin is 0.8 miles per square mile. In 6 parks and preserves, walkers have 3.9 miles of trail.
| Baldwin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Baldwin Park | 1.9 mi | 139 |
| 2. Silver Lake Park | 1 mi | 20 |
| 3. Milburn Park | 0.4 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Baldwin looks like New York by age
Every broad age group is within 4 points of the New York average. 44% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Baldwin. The town’s age of the median resident stands at 41 years.
| Baldwin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 41 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 42.4, men 40.0.
| Baldwin | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.5% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.8% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Baldwin
Colleges nearby
25 within 15 miles of the center of Baldwin
About 9 of every 100 Baldwin residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Baldwin lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 10% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Baldwin’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Baldwin.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Freeport | #414 | B− | D− | B | B− | B |
| Rockville Centre | #37 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
| Oceanside | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Hempstead | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hempstead | #692 | D | D | C | C− | C |
| Roosevelt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Uniondale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Baldwin, Oceanside, South Hempstead, Roosevelt and Uniondale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Baldwin with a neighbor →
Questions about Baldwin
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Baldwin, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Baldwin yet; the figures below are still real.