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Baldwin City, KS

4,911 Population
3 square miles 1,659.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 31.6 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,366 ±$8,923 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $40,695 ±$1,375
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,941 ±$12,197 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $69,746 ±$2,954
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.8% ±2.9% (240  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 14.7% 16,487 (±1.3% / ±1,494)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±1.8 (44,430  ±9,156) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 20.8 1,153,120 (±0.9 / ±60,450)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,648 ±190 Number of households
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 50,406 ±600
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,112  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 2.2 111,636 (±0 / ±106)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±7.6% (99  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,105 (±1% / ±342)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,648 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 53,675 ±67
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$249,500 ±$74,858 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $309,400 ±$10,713
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.8% ±7.8% (947  ±371.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 24.7% 29,451 (±1.5% / ±1,743.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99% ±14.2% (2,757  ±469.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 95.6% 68,565 (±2.8% / ±2,023.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51.2% ±12.4% (1,424  ±368.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 53.2% 38,154 (±2.1% / ±1,531.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.6% (96  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 6% 7,248
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.4% ±1.6% (89  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,168 (±0.6% / ±612)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
89 Total veterans ±61 77 Male ±52 12 Female ±19

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