Baxter is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,934 people and two associated neighborhoods, Baxter is the 244th largest community in Tennessee.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.78% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Baxter has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Baxter a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Baxter is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Baxter are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.65% of adults in Baxter have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Baxter in 2022 was $30,883, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,532 for a family of four. However, Baxter contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Baxter home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baxter residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Baxter include English, Scottish, German, Irish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Baxter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.