Kansas · Census place 2003900

Baldwin City, Kansas

Baldwin City is a city in Douglas County, Kansas with an estimated 4,985 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,985
#64 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+167 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,684 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Baldwin City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Baldwin City population, 2020 to 2024

Baldwin City added 167 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +37.

4,81820204,89520214,90620224,94820234,9852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,823. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Baldwin City covers 2.96 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,684 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Baldwin City is denser than the typical town.

What county Baldwin City is in

All of Baldwin City's residents live in Douglas County, which had 121,989 residents in 2024. Baldwin City holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Baldwin City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Baldwin City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66006. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Baldwin City is

The Census internal point of Baldwin City is at 38.777500, -95.187500. Topeka, the capital, is 32.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eudora, KS (6,564 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Olathe, KS, 21.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.777500, -95.187500
DMS
38°46'39.00"N 95°11'15.00"W
UTM
15N 309978.7E 4294358.5N
Geohash
9yuk9gnx6
Plus code
86C6QRH7+22

Daylight in Baldwin City

At 38.78° N, Baldwin City gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Baldwin City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Wellsville, 7.2 miles away, with 1,933 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Baldwin City, KS?

4,985 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 167 (3.5%) from 4,818 in July 2020.

What county is Baldwin City in?

Douglas County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Baldwin City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66006.

How far is Baldwin City from Topeka?

32.3 miles (52.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Baldwin City.

What is the nearest larger city to Baldwin City?

Eudora, KS, with 6,564 residents, 12.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.