Baldwin vs Rockwood

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

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

Baldwin has the higher population (334 vs 15 in Rockwood). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $50,000 in Baldwin). Since 2019, Baldwin's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -44.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Rockwood
Population	334	15
Median age	37.2 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$56,250
Median home value	$85,000	—
Median gross rent	$838	—
Housing units	163	8
Homeownership rate	79.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Rockwood
Population	317 → 334 (+5.4%)	27 → 15 (-44.4%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $50,000 (+16.5%)	$49,375 → $56,250 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $85,000 (+9.7%)	$61,700 → $77,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $838 (+1.0%)	—

Baldwin

Population

317334

Median household income

$42,917$50,000

Median home value

$77,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$830$838

Rockwood

Population

2715

Median household income

$49,375$56,250

Median home value

$61,700$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Rockwood
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	6.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	53.3%
65 to 74	4.2%	20.0%
75 and over	9.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Rockwood
No high school diploma	1.4%	23.1%
High school graduate	55.5%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Rockwood
Drove alone	87.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	20.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	70.6%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	62.5%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Rockwood
Poverty rate	26.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.69	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1971	1994