Baldwin vs Bethel Park

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

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

Bethel Park has the higher population (33,070 vs 21,159 in Baldwin). Bethel Park has the higher median household income ($104,129 vs $77,882 in Baldwin). Bethel Park has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $191,700 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
Population	21,159	33,070
Median age	42.1 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,882	$104,129
Median home value	$191,700	$258,700
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,259
Housing units	9,594	15,723
Homeownership rate	77.0%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	51.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
Population	19,752 → 21,159 (+7.1%)	32,177 → 33,070 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$65,420 → $77,882 (+19.0%)	$79,894 → $104,129 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $191,700 (+41.2%)	$188,600 → $258,700 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,042 (+31.4%)	$1,015 → $1,259 (+24.0%)

Baldwin

Population

19,75221,159

Median household income

$65,420$77,882

Median home value

$135,800$191,700

Median gross rent

$793$1,042

Bethel Park

Population

32,17733,070

Median household income

$79,894$104,129

Median home value

$188,600$258,700

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
Under 5	4.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.6%
75 and over	8.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	92.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	8.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
Drove alone	71.9%	64.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.4%
Public transit	2.4%	4.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	23.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
1-unit, detached	74.2%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Bethel Park
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1959	1964