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Baldwin City city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Baldwin City city is a Census city of 4,911 people across 2.96 square miles of land, in Douglas County. Median household income is $72,941, 65.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $207,000.
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Baldwin City
What Baldwin City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.96 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,660
- County holding the largest share of its areaDouglas County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baldwin City
How many people live in Baldwin City
- Population4,911
- Median age27.9 plus or minus 8.5
- Population under 181,116 plus or minus 294
- Share under 1822.7 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Population 65 and over626 plus or minus 192
- Share 65 and over12.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households1,648
- Family households1,168
- Share of households that are families70.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baldwin City
Income and work in Baldwin City
- Median household income$72,941
- Per capita income$37,366 plus or minus $8,923
- Civilian labor force2,300
- Employed2,160
- Unemployed140 plus or minus 94
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over2,784
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.1 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.2 percent plus or minus 8.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baldwin City
Housing in Baldwin City
- Housing units1,648
- Occupied units1,648
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied1,079
- Renter occupied569 plus or minus 227
- Ownership rate65.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$249,500 plus or minus $74,858
- Median gross rent, monthly$858 plus or minus $247
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units1,278
- Share single family77.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more314 plus or minus 134
- Share in buildings of two or more19.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baldwin City
How Baldwin City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,697
- Commuting under 15 minutes528 plus or minus 185
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.1 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more740 plus or minus 255
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.6 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Drove alone66.8 percent
- Carpooled7.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked7.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home17.6 percent plus or minus 8.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baldwin City
SBA loans in Baldwin City (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$207,000
- Average approval$207,000
- Median approval$207,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$207,000
- Largest approval$207,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term90 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Douglas County, not Baldwin City
Douglas County context, not Baldwin City figures
These are Douglas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Baldwin City measurements.
- Establishments in Douglas County2,774
- Employment at those establishments, Douglas County38,737
- Covered employment, Douglas County50,969
- Average annual pay, Douglas County$54,079
- Average weekly wage, Douglas County$1,040
- Housing units permitted, Douglas County247
- Of those, single family, Douglas County196
- County product, 2024, Douglas County$7,032,056,000
- County product change over the prior year, Douglas County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Douglas County$52,093
Every figure in this section is published for Douglas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Baldwin City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Baldwin City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Baldwin City, Kansas?
4,911, in 1,648 households. Baldwin City city covers 2.96 square miles of land, which is 1,660 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Baldwin City in?
Douglas County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Baldwin City?
$72,941. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $249,500. Median gross rent is $858 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Baldwin City businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $207,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $207,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Baldwin City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Baldwin City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Baldwin City. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Baldwin City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Douglas County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Baldwin City.
Is zoning published for Baldwin City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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