Baldwin vs Oceanside

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

Baldwin and Oceanside 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 31,907 in Oceanside). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($145,282 vs $139,840 in Baldwin). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($626,700 vs $578,200 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Oceanside
Population	33,595	31,907
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$139,840	$145,282
Median home value	$578,200	$626,700
Median gross rent	$1,695	$2,118
Housing units	11,107	11,268
Homeownership rate	87.5%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Oceanside
Population	24,727 → 33,595 (+35.9%)	30,604 → 31,907 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$112,352 → $139,840 (+24.5%)	$118,196 → $145,282 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$390,800 → $578,200 (+48.0%)	$472,100 → $626,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,713 → $1,695 (-1.1%)	$1,581 → $2,118 (+34.0%)

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

Oceanside

Population

30,60431,907

Median household income

$118,196$145,282

Median home value

$472,100$626,700

Median gross rent

$1,581$2,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Oceanside
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.6%
75 and over	7.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Oceanside
White (non-Hispanic)	26.0%	78.1%
Black or African American	42.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Oceanside
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	21.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Oceanside
Drove alone	65.0%	63.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.6%
Public transit	12.6%	11.5%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.4%	14.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Oceanside
1-unit, detached	85.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Oceanside
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.7%
Average household size	3.10	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	38	36
Median year structure built	1949	1956