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Hardwick, Georgia.

A community in Baldwin County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Baldwin County’s.

Living in Hardwick, Baldwin County, Georgia

Hardwick, in Baldwin County, had 3,513 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $39,510 a year and half less, against $54,403 across Baldwin County; 23% of its people live below the poverty line. 69% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 31% are rented. Unemployment in Baldwin County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Baldwin County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,513 in the 2020 census
Household income $39,510 the median, give or take $5,346 · Baldwin County: $54,403
Unemployment 3.6% Baldwin County, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes 69% lived in by their owners; 31% rented
  • 1,481households
  • 11%of adults have a degree
  • 23%below the poverty line
  • 5%work from home

What people in Baldwin County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care32%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Banks, insurance and property6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Baldwin County had 16,520 jobs in 2025, 2.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 33°; warmest in July, 93° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 33° F M A M J J 93° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 33°; warmest in July, 93° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 33° F M A M J J 93° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 70°. About 1 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Milledgeville weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Baldwin County

  1. Georgia Military CollegeUniversity or college1,043
  2. Georgia College & State UniversityUniversity or college990
  3. Baldwin County SchoolsSchool district755FTE
  4. Benchmark Georgia CrisisMental health facilities, residential425
  5. Qarbon Aerospace (Lafayette)Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts manufacturing399
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters325
  7. Atrium Health Navicent BaldwinGeneral hospital309FTE
  8. Kroger Atlanta KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores194

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,888 people in all across the county; Hardwick has two of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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

  1. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  2. HailRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hardwick’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Baldwin County.