Baldwin vs Bayou Vista

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

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

Bayou Vista has the higher population (3,931 vs 1,694 in Baldwin). Bayou Vista has the higher median household income ($47,726 vs $29,592 in Baldwin). Bayou Vista has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $127,000 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
Population	1,694	3,931
Median age	39.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,592	$47,726
Median home value	$127,000	$152,700
Median gross rent	$946	$928
Housing units	986	1,879
Homeownership rate	53.6%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
Population	2,272 → 1,694 (-25.4%)	4,316 → 3,931 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$40,703 → $29,592 (-27.3%)	$37,659 → $47,726 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $127,000 (+51.2%)	$106,500 → $152,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $946 (+25.3%)	$837 → $928 (+10.9%)

Baldwin

Population

2,2721,694

Median household income

$40,703$29,592

Median home value

$84,000$127,000

Median gross rent

$755$946

Bayou Vista

Population

4,3163,931

Median household income

$37,659$47,726

Median home value

$106,500$152,700

Median gross rent

$837$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
Under 5	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	21.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	21.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.8%
75 and over	7.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	23.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	71.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
No high school diploma	15.1%	21.0%
High school graduate	62.3%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
Drove alone	77.1%	79.6%
Carpooled	17.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
1-unit, detached	75.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Bayou Vista
Poverty rate	19.0%	24.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	37	18
Median year structure built	1990	1969