Baldwin, Maryland.
Typical home $647,700 (+3.0% in a year). Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,713 (+102%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,084 +3%
- $628,616$647,700 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $109,520 +20%
- $538,180$647,700 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Baldwin$3,400
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Baldwin, MD rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Baldwin, Baltimore County, Maryland
The Census does not count Baldwin on its own, so the figures here are Baltimore County's. Half the county's households earn more than $91,768 a year and half less; 10% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 66% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Baltimore County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Baltimore County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Baldwin is a small community in Baltimore County, Maryland, where most homes are lived in by their owners and the typical resident is middle-aged. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are warm. Across the county, household incomes are fairly high, and poverty is less common than in many parts of the country.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in shops, or in government. Unemployment in the county has come down over the past year, though the number of jobs dipped slightly in the most recent full year. Many adults hold a four-year degree, and a smaller group of workers do their jobs from home.
Things to do. Ladew Topiary Gardens, a botanical garden, is a short drive away and is known for its clipped hedges and gardens. Loch Raven Reservoir, another short drive away, is a reservoir where residents go to enjoy the water and open land. Hampton National Historic Site, a protected area also a short drive off, preserves an old estate and its grounds.
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- 332,801households
- 39.7median age
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What people in Baltimore County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Baltimore County had 369,662 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 69°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cylburn weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Baltimore County
- Baltimore County Public SchoolsSchool district15,462FTE
- Social Security AdministrationFederal government5,991
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage4,725
- Towson UniversityUniversity or college3,199
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services2,721
- Community College of Baltimore CountyTwo-year college2,687
- University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUniversity or college2,493
- Baltimore County PoliceLaw enforcement statistics centers, government2,400
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 534 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 86,883 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- LightningVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Baltimore County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Baltimore County and the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro.
Baldwin home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Baldwin$647,700
- Maryland$424,890
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Baldwin15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Baldwin7
Zip codes with a Baldwin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Baldwin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.