Baldwin vs Elmont

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

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

Elmont has the higher population (36,436 vs 33,595 in Baldwin). Baldwin has the higher median household income ($139,840 vs $120,917 in Elmont). Baldwin has the higher median home value ($578,200 vs $576,800 in Elmont).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Elmont
Population	33,595	36,436
Median age	42.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$139,840	$120,917
Median home value	$578,200	$576,800
Median gross rent	$1,695	$2,434
Housing units	11,107	10,419
Homeownership rate	87.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Elmont
Population	24,727 → 33,595 (+35.9%)	35,824 → 36,436 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$112,352 → $139,840 (+24.5%)	$104,671 → $120,917 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$390,800 → $578,200 (+48.0%)	$402,400 → $576,800 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,713 → $1,695 (-1.1%)	$1,779 → $2,434 (+36.8%)

Baldwin

Population

24,72733,595

Median household income

$112,352$139,840

Median home value

$390,800$578,200

Median gross rent

$1,713$1,695

Elmont

Population

35,82436,436

Median household income

$104,671$120,917

Median home value

$402,400$576,800

Median gross rent

$1,779$2,434

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Elmont
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.0%
75 and over	7.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Elmont
White (non-Hispanic)	26.0%	13.1%
Black or African American	42.2%	41.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	15.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.8%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Elmont
No high school diploma	5.5%	13.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Elmont
Drove alone	65.0%	67.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.6%
Public transit	12.6%	14.6%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.7%
Other means	1.6%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Elmont
1-unit, detached	85.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Elmont
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.2%
Average household size	3.10	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	38	41
Median year structure built	1949	1952