Pennsylvania · Census place 4203928

Baldwin, Pennsylvania

Baldwin is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 20,712 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,712
#29 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-775 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
3,590 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Baldwin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Baldwin population, 2020 to 2024

Baldwin lost 775 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -100. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 176th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Baldwin is 2.5 times that size.

21.5k202021.3k202121.0k202220.8k202320.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,520. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Baldwin covers 5.77 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 3,590 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Baldwin is close to the typical town.

What county Baldwin is in

All of Baldwin's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Baldwin holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Baldwin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Baldwin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15227, 15236. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Baldwin is

The Census internal point of Baldwin is at 40.380600, -79.945200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 161.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittsburgh, PA (307,668 people), 4.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.380600, -79.945200
DMS
40°22'50.16"N 79°56'42.72"W
UTM
17N 589536.4E 4470535.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G293J3+6W

Daylight in Baldwin

At 40.38° N, Baldwin gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Baldwin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Brentwood, 1.7 miles away, with 9,704 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Baldwin, PA?

20,712 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 775 (3.6%) from 21,487 in July 2020.

What county is Baldwin in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Baldwin?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15227, 15236.

How far is Baldwin from Harrisburg?

161.5 miles (259.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Baldwin.

What is the nearest larger city to Baldwin?

Pittsburgh, PA, with 307,668 residents, 4.4 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.