Baldwin Park vs Lynwood

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

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

Baldwin Park has the higher population (70,720 vs 65,291 in Lynwood). Baldwin Park has the higher median household income ($79,087 vs $70,236 in Lynwood). Baldwin Park has the higher median home value ($588,100 vs $569,400 in Lynwood).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
Population	70,720	65,291
Median age	37.4 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,087	$70,236
Median home value	$588,100	$569,400
Median gross rent	$1,817	$1,625
Housing units	18,523	15,577
Homeownership rate	58.5%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
Population	75,892 → 70,720 (-6.8%)	70,635 → 65,291 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$65,904 → $79,087 (+20.0%)	$52,213 → $70,236 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$408,600 → $588,100 (+43.9%)	$399,100 → $569,400 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,471 → $1,817 (+23.5%)	$1,211 → $1,625 (+34.2%)

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

Lynwood

Population

70,63565,291

Median household income

$52,213$70,236

Median home value

$399,100$569,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.3%
75 and over	5.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	2.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	22.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	88.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
No high school diploma	31.7%	41.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
Drove alone	73.8%	70.4%
Carpooled	14.9%	17.7%
Public transit	2.9%	5.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
1-unit, detached	70.5%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	15.7%
20 or more units	8.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin Park	Lynwood
Poverty rate	13.2%	17.4%
Average household size	3.86	4.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1963	1953