Baldwin vs Luther

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

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

Baldwin has the higher population (1,161 vs 375 in Luther). Luther has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $23,631 in Baldwin). Luther has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $104,100 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Luther
Population	1,161	375
Median age	43.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,631	$58,125
Median home value	$104,100	$107,100
Median gross rent	$646	$988
Housing units	519	213
Homeownership rate	38.4%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Luther
Population	1,149 → 1,161 (+1.0%)	306 → 375 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$16,146 → $23,631 (+46.4%)	$33,958 → $58,125 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $104,100 (+67.6%)	$58,300 → $107,100 (+83.7%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $646 (+22.8%)	$900 → $988 (+9.8%)

Baldwin

Population

1,1491,161

Median household income

$16,146$23,631

Median home value

$62,100$104,100

Median gross rent

$526$646

Luther

Population

306375

Median household income

$33,958$58,125

Median home value

$58,300$107,100

Median gross rent

$900$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Luther
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	15.6%	8.8%
75 and over	8.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Luther
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	72.8%
Black or African American	17.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	4.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Luther
No high school diploma	21.1%	20.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Luther
Drove alone	78.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.7%
Bicycle	1.9%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.0%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Luther
1-unit, detached	66.7%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Luther
Poverty rate	46.7%	24.5%
Average household size	1.88	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1979	1943