What is the population of Baxter town?

Baxter town has 1,278 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #275 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Baxter town?

Median household income in Baxter town is $56,806 a year, 27.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baxter town?

Median gross rent is $850 a month and the median home value is $198,800, so rent absorbs about 18% of median household income.

Is Baxter town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baxter town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Baxter, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Baxter, Tennessee (Baxter, TN — Census place “Baxter town”) is 1,278 residents, ranking #275 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $56,806, the median home is worth $198,800 and median gross rent runs $850 a month. Looking for the Baxter Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Baxter, TN: 38544.

Population: 1,278Baxter town residents
Median household income: $56,806Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $198,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $850Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.2%Owner-occupied households

Baxter ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Baxter.

The Baxter TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

38544

What the numbers mean in Baxter town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Baxter town median would spend about 18% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22.6% of residents and 66.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Baxter town, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Baxter town is a small town in Tennessee, with 1,278 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #275 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 45% of them. The median age here is 40.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Baxter town earn a median of $56,806 a year, 27.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 22.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Baxter town is valued at $198,800, 34.5% below the national figure and 4% above the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $850 a month, 39.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,200 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Baxter town?: Baxter town has 1,278 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #275 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Baxter town?: Median household income in Baxter town is $56,806 a year, 27.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baxter town?: Median gross rent is $850 a month and the median home value is $198,800, so rent absorbs about 18% of median household income.
Is Baxter town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baxter town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Baxter town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.