Baldwyn vs Wheeler

A side-by-side comparison of Baldwyn and Wheeler: population, income, housing, and more.

Baldwyn and Wheeler are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baldwyn has the higher population (3,005 vs 556 in Wheeler). Wheeler has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $94,000 in Baldwyn). Since 2019, Wheeler's population has grown faster (+36.6% vs +12.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
Population	3,005	556
Median age	44.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	—
Median home value	$94,000	$181,300
Median gross rent	$481	—
Housing units	1,606	213
Homeownership rate	76.7%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
Population	2,674 → 3,005 (+12.4%)	407 → 556 (+36.6%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $43,333 (+35.9%)	—
Median home value	$93,200 → $94,000 (+0.9%)	$155,500 → $181,300 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $481 (+11.1%)	—

Baldwyn

Population

2,6743,005

Median household income

$31,875$43,333

Median home value

$93,200$94,000

Median gross rent

$433$481

Wheeler

Population

407556

Median home value

$155,500$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
Under 5	1.7%	13.1%
5 to 17	24.3%	5.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	5.9%	23.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	18.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	24.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	0.0%
75 and over	9.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	86.7%
Black or African American	45.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
No high school diploma	20.9%	20.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
Drove alone	81.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	78.3%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	57.7%

Poverty & households

	Baldwyn	Wheeler
Poverty rate	19.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1983	1983