Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Baldwin (0.3%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Baldwin grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Baldwin itself; outside it, Hudson draws the most (7%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Baldwin apart
Inside Baldwin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Baldwin is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #205 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baldwin could be anywhere from B to A.
The places Baldwin commutes to
Where Baldwin clocks in
7% 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.
A workday in Baldwin: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,927 residents head out to work, 394 work right here, and 2,491 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Baldwin on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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.
Baldwin works in goods: 32% of its jobs
2,885 jobs are based in Baldwin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 2,410 → 2,885. 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.
The trip to work from Baldwin: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 1,906 commuters (the 13% 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.
The distance from Baldwin to work
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Baldwin start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baldwin is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #210 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,196 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). 6.3% of Baldwin households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baldwin’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Baldwin ranks: 1,120th of 4,136 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,118 | Bunk Foss WA | 3,627 | $155K | 6.5% | 6.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,119 | Indian River Shores FL | 4,467 | $156K | 6.7% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,120 | Baldwin WI | 4,347 | $77K | 9.7% | 0.3% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,121 | Ellsworth WI | 3,336 | $88K | 8.6% | 0.8% | 23% | B+ |
| 1,122 | Portsmouth Township MI | 3,139 | $79K | 6.6% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,136 | 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 Wisconsin.
Baldwin and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baldwin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | – | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $77,179 |
| Eau Galle | under 3% | B | C | 29 min | $90,840 |
| Hammond | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $128,182 |
| Rush River | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rush River: 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?
$77,179 (±$13,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin?
9.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (7%, 18 mi), Woodville (5%, 4 mi), St. Paul (4%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baldwin walkable?
Baldwin is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baldwin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.