Baldwin Park vs Lakewood

A side-by-side comparison of Baldwin Park and Lakewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Baldwin Park and Lakewood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakewood has the higher population (80,510 vs 70,720 in Baldwin Park). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($116,794 vs $79,087 in Baldwin Park). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($774,100 vs $588,100 in Baldwin Park).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
Population	70,720	80,510
Median age	37.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,087	$116,794
Median home value	$588,100	$774,100
Median gross rent	$1,817	$2,324
Housing units	18,523	26,709
Homeownership rate	58.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
Population	75,892 → 70,720 (-6.8%)	80,292 → 80,510 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$65,904 → $79,087 (+20.0%)	$93,432 → $116,794 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$408,600 → $588,100 (+43.9%)	$568,600 → $774,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,471 → $1,817 (+23.5%)	$1,839 → $2,324 (+26.4%)

Baldwin Park

Population

75,89270,720

Median household income

$65,904$79,087

Median home value

$408,600$588,100

Median gross rent

$1,471$1,817

Lakewood

Population

80,29280,510

Median household income

$93,432$116,794

Median home value

$568,600$774,100

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.5%
75 and over	5.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	32.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	22.0%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	36.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
No high school diploma	31.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
Drove alone	73.8%	75.4%
Carpooled	14.9%	8.7%
Public transit	2.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.9%	12.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	70.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	8.4%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin Park	Lakewood
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.9%
Average household size	3.86	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1963	1957