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Baxter town, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Baxter town is a Census town of 1,361 people across 3.14 square miles of land, in Putnam County. Median household income is $58,750, 67.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.3 m.
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Baxter
What Baxter is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.14 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land433 plus or minus 105
- County holding the largest share of its areaPutnam County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baxter
How many people live in Baxter
- Population1,361 plus or minus 331
- Median age38.1
- Population under 18303 plus or minus 79
- Share under 1822.3 percent
- Population 65 and over271 plus or minus 96
- Share 65 and over19.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Households585 plus or minus 138
- Family households396 plus or minus 105
- Share of households that are families67.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baxter
Income and work in Baxter
- Median household income$58,750 plus or minus $13,428
- Per capita income$30,345
- Civilian labor force605 plus or minus 160
- Employed600 plus or minus 158
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 8
- Unemployment rate0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over982 plus or minus 273
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.0 percent plus or minus 33.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baxter
Housing in Baxter
- Housing units722 plus or minus 170
- Occupied units585 plus or minus 138
- Vacant units137 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate19.0 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Owner occupied393 plus or minus 108
- Renter occupied192 plus or minus 74
- Ownership rate67.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$219,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$914 plus or minus $270
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.7 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Single family units526 plus or minus 129
- Share single family72.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more88 plus or minus 52
- Share in buildings of two or more12.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes108 plus or minus 53
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baxter
How Baxter gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute520 plus or minus 139
- Commuting under 15 minutes75 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.4 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more192 plus or minus 76
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.9 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Drove alone67.5 percent
- Carpooled17.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home12.9 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Baxter
SBA loans in Baxter (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$3,337,700
- Average approval$1,668,850
- Median approval$2,837,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,837,700
- Largest approval$2,837,700
- Jobs supported35
- Jobs per approval17.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term174 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Baxter
SBA loans in Baxter (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,450,000
- Average approval$1,225,000
- Median approval$1,573,000
- Largest approval$1,573,000
- Jobs supported48
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Putnam County, not Baxter
Putnam County context, not Baxter figures
These are Putnam County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Baxter measurements.
- Establishments in Putnam County1,988
- Employment at those establishments, Putnam County33,829
- Covered employment, Putnam County39,664
- Average annual pay, Putnam County$50,328
- Average weekly wage, Putnam County$968
- Housing units permitted, Putnam County700
- Of those, single family, Putnam County592
- County product, 2024, Putnam County$5,269,488,000
- County product change over the prior year, Putnam County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Putnam County$60,908
Every figure in this section is published for Putnam County as a whole and is not a measurement of Baxter. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Baxter questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Baxter, Tennessee?
1,361, in 585 households. Baxter town covers 3.14 square miles of land, which is 433 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Baxter in?
Putnam County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Baxter?
$58,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $219,000. Median gross rent is $914 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Baxter businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $3.3 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $2,837,700, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Baxter, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Baxter borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Baxter. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Baxter figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Putnam County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Baxter.
Is zoning published for Baxter?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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