Baxley is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,945 people and six associated neighborhoods, Baxley is the 153rd largest community in Georgia.
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Baxley, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Also of interest is that Baxley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The city 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, Baxley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Baxley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Baxley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Baxley is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.41% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Baxley in 2022 was $20,870, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,480 for a family of four. However, Baxley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Baxley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Baxley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baxley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Baxley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Baxley include Irish, German, English, Swedish, and Syrian.
The most common language spoken in Baxley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.