Baldwin vs Plum

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

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

Plum has the higher population (26,873 vs 21,159 in Baldwin). Plum has the higher median household income ($98,475 vs $77,882 in Baldwin). Plum has the higher median home value ($218,600 vs $191,700 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Plum
Population	21,159	26,873
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,882	$98,475
Median home value	$191,700	$218,600
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,156
Housing units	9,594	11,476
Homeownership rate	77.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Plum
Population	19,752 → 21,159 (+7.1%)	27,195 → 26,873 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$65,420 → $77,882 (+19.0%)	$78,709 → $98,475 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $191,700 (+41.2%)	$153,700 → $218,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,042 (+31.4%)	$948 → $1,156 (+21.9%)

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

Plum

Population

27,19526,873

Median household income

$78,709$98,475

Median home value

$153,700$218,600

Median gross rent

$948$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Plum
Under 5	4.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Plum
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	4.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Plum
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Plum
Drove alone	71.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.5%
Public transit	2.4%	1.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	21.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Plum
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Plum
Poverty rate	10.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1959	1971