Baldwin vs Ruma

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

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

Ruma has the higher population (438 vs 334 in Baldwin). Ruma has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $50,000 in Baldwin). Ruma has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $85,000 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Ruma
Population	334	438
Median age	37.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$71,875
Median home value	$85,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$838	$933
Housing units	163	158
Homeownership rate	79.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Ruma
Population	317 → 334 (+5.4%)	317 → 438 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $50,000 (+16.5%)	$66,250 → $71,875 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $85,000 (+9.7%)	$164,700 → $125,000 (-24.1%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $838 (+1.0%)	$745 → $933 (+25.2%)

Baldwin

Population

317334

Median household income

$42,917$50,000

Median home value

$77,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$830$838

Ruma

Population

317438

Median household income

$66,250$71,875

Median home value

$164,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$745$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Ruma
Under 5	5.7%	11.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	4.2%	6.4%
75 and over	9.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Ruma
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Ruma
No high school diploma	1.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	55.5%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Ruma
Drove alone	87.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Ruma
1-unit, detached	70.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Ruma
Poverty rate	26.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1971	1977