Baxter is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,836 people and two associated neighborhoods, Baxter is the 244th largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in Baxter was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Baxter economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Baxter, where the median household income is $57,829.00.

A relatively large number of people in Baxter telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.52% 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.

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 population of Baxter has a very low overall level of education: only 9.60% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Baxter in 2022 was $30,099, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,396 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 Italian.

The most common language spoken in Baxter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.