Baldwin vs Franklin Square

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

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

Baldwin has the higher population (33,595 vs 30,559 in Franklin Square). Franklin Square has the higher median household income ($140,051 vs $139,840 in Baldwin). Franklin Square has the higher median home value ($640,300 vs $578,200 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
Population	33,595	30,559
Median age	42.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$139,840	$140,051
Median home value	$578,200	$640,300
Median gross rent	$1,695	$2,052
Housing units	11,107	10,062
Homeownership rate	87.5%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
Population	24,727 → 33,595 (+35.9%)	32,055 → 30,559 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$112,352 → $139,840 (+24.5%)	$107,415 → $140,051 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$390,800 → $578,200 (+48.0%)	$476,100 → $640,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,713 → $1,695 (-1.1%)	$1,761 → $2,052 (+16.5%)

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

Franklin Square

Population

32,05530,559

Median household income

$107,415$140,051

Median home value

$476,100$640,300

Median gross rent

$1,761$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.4%
75 and over	7.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
White (non-Hispanic)	26.0%	56.0%
Black or African American	42.2%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	21.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
Drove alone	65.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.9%
Public transit	12.6%	11.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	10.1%
Other means	1.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
1-unit, detached	85.6%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Franklin Square
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.8%
Average household size	3.10	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1949	1954