Best PlacesBaldwin Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baldwin Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Baldwin Park ranks 1,659th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Baldwin Park
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Baldwin Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baldwin Park ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 275 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of cities
Where Baldwin Park ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Baldwin Park
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Baldwin Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,945, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Baldwin Park's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Baldwin Park
Baldwin Park runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Baldwin Park.
Who works in Baldwin Park, and how
Work in Baldwin Park centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Baldwin Park
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Baldwin Park, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Baldwin Park, month by month
Baldwin Park sees roughly 275 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 60° | 48° |
| April | 76° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 89° | 81° | 69° |
| October | 83° | 74° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Baldwin Park
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 21 miles away.
The best schools in and around Baldwin Park
Schools across Baldwin Park average a C, better than 27% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Kenmore ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Tracy ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Walnut ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sierra Vista MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Olive MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Bp Stem AcademyD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Baldwin Park HighB · 50% proficient
- Sierra Vista HighB− · 42% proficient
- Bassett Senior HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baldwin Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baldwin Park measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Baldwin Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Baldwin Park suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Baldwin Park
Is Baldwin Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baldwin Park ranks 1,659th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Baldwin Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $602,530. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $82,945 median income, cost of living beats 3% of cities.
Is Baldwin Park safe?
Baldwin Park is safer than 40% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Baldwin Park?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 48. That works out to about 275 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of cities.
Is Baldwin Park good for families?
Schools beat 27% of cities, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Baldwin Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baldwin Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baldwin Park represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Baldwin Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baldwin Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baldwin Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baldwin Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baldwin Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baldwin Park detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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