Baldwin vs Preston

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

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

Preston has the higher population (1,057 vs 161 in Baldwin). Preston has the higher median household income ($82,950 vs $49,583 in Baldwin). Preston has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $49,000 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Preston
Population	161	1,057
Median age	39.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$82,950
Median home value	$49,000	$144,600
Median gross rent	$850	$789
Housing units	93	487
Homeownership rate	82.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Preston
Population	145 → 161 (+11.0%)	1,000 → 1,057 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $49,583 (+28.6%)	$66,458 → $82,950 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $49,000 (-23.9%)	$115,100 → $144,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$584 → $789 (+35.1%)

Baldwin

Population

145161

Median household income

$38,542$49,583

Median home value

$64,400$49,000

Preston

Population

1,0001,057

Median household income

$66,458$82,950

Median home value

$115,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$584$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Preston
Under 5	7.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	8.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	22.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	24.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	15.5%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	91.4%
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	10.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Preston
No high school diploma	14.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	60.2%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Preston
Drove alone	70.8%	89.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	26.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Preston
1-unit, detached	77.4%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Preston
Poverty rate	18.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1943	1950