Demographics of Baldwin borough, Pennsylvania

Baldwin borough, Pennsylvania had 20,516 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −974 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Baldwin borough, in four figures

20,516
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 21,057 ±33.; −4.5%
Change since July 2020: −974 people.; 41.8 ±2.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $80,983 ±$7,079
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Baldwin borough, Pennsylvania's population shrank 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Baldwin borough, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Baldwin borough, Pennsylvania's population shrank 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Baldwin borough, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	21,490	100.0	100.0
2021	21,266	99.0	100.2
2022	20,975	97.6	100.7
2023	20,790	96.7	101.6
2024	20,629	96.0	102.5
2025	20,516	95.5	103.1

Population of Baldwin borough, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	21,490	—
2021	21,266	−224
2022	20,975	−291
2023	20,790	−185
2024	20,629	−161
2025	20,516	−113

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.8 ±2.1: for men 40.9 ±2.1 and for women 42.8 ±3.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Baldwin borough by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	930 ±275	4.4% ±1.3	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,955 ±464	14.0% ±2.2	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,387 ±332	6.6% ±1.6	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,114 ±608	29.0% ±2.9	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,912 ±517	23.3% ±2.5	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,759 ±493	22.6% ±2.3	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $80,983 ±$7,079, and income per person $41,565 ±$2,282, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Baldwin borough by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	1,072 ±260	12.1% ±2.9	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,582 ±310	17.9% ±3.4	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,492 ±287	16.8% ±3.2	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,108 ±255	12.5% ±2.8	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,981 ±309	22.4% ±3.4	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	969 ±209	10.9% ±2.3	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	651 ±156	7.4% ±1.7	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Baldwin borough by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	1,967 ±565	9.5% ±2.7	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	659 ±280	17.8% ±7.1	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	779 ±256	7.1% ±2.3	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	529 ±214	8.7% ±3.4	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Baldwin borough, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Baldwin borough	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	9,570 ±390	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.5% ±5.3	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.5% ±2.4	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.8% ±3.1	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.2% ±3.1	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$208,400 ±$8,320	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,066 ±$79	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1959 ±2	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Baldwin borough by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	200 to 754	0.9% to 3.6%	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	16,948 ±875	80.5% ±4.2	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	710 ±325	3.4% ±1.5	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,773 ±548	8.4% ±2.6	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	82 to 970	0.4% to 4.6%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	616 ±259	2.9% ±1.2	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Baldwin borough by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	16,491 ±651	78.3% ±3.1	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,322 ±458	11.0% ±2.2	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	32 to 116	0.2% to 0.6%	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,170 ±552	10.3% ±2.6	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,209 ±429	5.7% ±2.0	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	961 ±411	4.6% ±2.0	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Baldwin borough among the places of Pennsylvania

30th of 273 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Places of Pennsylvania near Baldwin borough in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Pottstown borough	23,476 ±44
Chambersburg borough	22,319 ±22
Allison Park CDP	22,045 ±1,277
Carlisle borough	21,852 ±41
New Castle city	21,579 ±42
Baldwin borough	21,057 ±33
Murrysville municipality	20,817 ±34
West Chester borough	20,666 ±27
Phoenixville borough	19,452 ±27
West Mifflin borough	19,190 ±43
Lansdale borough	19,011 ±43

Rankings this appears in

No. 21 Places in Pennsylvania by foreign-born share
No. 22 Places in Pennsylvania by median age
No. 26 Places in Pennsylvania by homeownership rate
No. 55 Places in Pennsylvania by median household income
No. 65 Places in Pennsylvania by per capita income
No. 74 Places in Pennsylvania by poverty rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026