In addition, Baldwin is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.
Because of many things, Baldwin is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Baldwin a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Baldwin has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Baldwin’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Baldwin is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
In Baldwin, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.09 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the town is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Baldwin is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the train helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Baldwin area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The citizens of Baldwin are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.28% of adults in Baldwin have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Baldwin in 2022 was $51,365, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $205,460 for a family of four.
Baldwin is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Baldwin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baldwin residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Baldwin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.16% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Baldwin include Italian, Jamaican, Irish, Haitian, and German.
In addition, Baldwin has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.85%).
The most common language spoken in Baldwin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
