Baldwin is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, home to about 355 people across 0.7 square miles. Its ZIP code is 62217.
Mostly Baldwin; also Sparta
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)49 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (BLV)26 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO39 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL277 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Baldwin; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Baldwin had 314 residents in the 2020 census, down 91% since 2000.
It’s the 1032nd largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Randolph County grew from 28,001 residents in 1900 to 30,163 in 2020.
Randolph County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 88°F in summer, and winter lows average 22°F. About 45.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 11 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Sparta 1 W, IL weather station (8 miles away).
10,736 jobs at 636 businesses in Randolph County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Baldwin.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Sparta.
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