Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Baldwin commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 162 jobs in Baldwin, against 559 working residents. Jobs and income earn Baldwin A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Baldwin is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Baldwin
Baldwin is a place people come home to
There are 162 jobs based in Baldwin, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Baldwin has about 660 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Baldwin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 559 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Baldwin
On income, poverty and job access, Baldwin is better than 84% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Baldwin’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Baldwin could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Baldwin by day and by night
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Baldwin on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Baldwin, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baldwin workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 517 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
19% of working residents work in Baldwin
Where Baldwin clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 65% of work in Baldwin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 162. 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.
Where in the region Baldwin works
About 20% 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.
Few in Baldwin walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baldwin is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Baldwin near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 612 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). 1.4% of Baldwin households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baldwin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Baldwin next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 206th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Hortonia WI | 1,040 | $103K | 5.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 205 | Groton Township OH | 1,298 | $94K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 206 | Baldwin WI | 1,056 | $103K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 1% | A− |
| 207 | Berlin WI | 1,105 | $113K | 2.6% | 1.1% | <1% | A− |
| 208 | Dahlgren Township MN | 1,333 | $85K | 4.5% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Wisconsin.
Baldwin and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Woodville (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baldwin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | – | A− | C | 28 min | $103,068 |
| Woodville | 7% | B | B | 26 min | $80,104 |
| Emerald | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Springfield | under 2% | A− | C | 28 min | $97,188 |
| Hammond | under 2% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $128,182 |
| Eau Galle | under 2% | B | C | 29 min | $90,840 |
Same-state neighbors only. Emerald: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$103,068 (±$24,853) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin?
3.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baldwin (19%, 4 mi), Woodville (7%, 4 mi), Hudson (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baldwin walkable?
Baldwin is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 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 1% 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.