Baldwin vs Charenton

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

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

Baldwin has the higher population (1,694 vs 1,295 in Charenton). Charenton has the higher median household income ($55,781 vs $29,592 in Baldwin). Baldwin has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $125,000 in Charenton).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Charenton
Population	1,694	1,295
Median age	39.6 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$29,592	$55,781
Median home value	$127,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$946	$938
Housing units	986	694
Homeownership rate	53.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Charenton
Population	2,272 → 1,694 (-25.4%)	1,500 → 1,295 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$40,703 → $29,592 (-27.3%)	$49,180 → $55,781 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $127,000 (+51.2%)	$103,100 → $125,000 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $946 (+25.3%)	$719 → $938 (+30.5%)

Baldwin

Population

2,2721,694

Median household income

$40,703$29,592

Median home value

$84,000$127,000

Median gross rent

$755$946

Charenton

Population

1,5001,295

Median household income

$49,180$55,781

Median home value

$103,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$719$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Charenton
Under 5	6.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	21.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	21.1%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.3%
75 and over	7.8%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Charenton
White (non-Hispanic)	23.0%	35.0%
Black or African American	71.4%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	35.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Charenton
No high school diploma	15.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	62.3%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Charenton
Drove alone	77.1%	94.5%
Carpooled	17.2%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Charenton
1-unit, detached	75.4%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	39.0%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Charenton
Poverty rate	19.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1990	1995