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.
Being a small town, Baxter does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Baxter with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 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.
