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.Unlike some towns, Baxter isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Baxter are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Baxter is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baxter who work in sales jobs (18.78%), healthcare (9.58%), and office and administrative support (7.73%). A relatively large number of people in Baxter telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.78% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Baxter has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Baxter has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Baxter than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Baxter may be for you. Being a small town, Baxter does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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.
