Baxter is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 9,092 people and two associated neighborhoods, Baxter is the 111th largest community in Minnesota. 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 $71,272.00.Baxter is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Baxter is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baxter who work in sales jobs (16.40%), office and administrative support (9.81%), and management occupations (8.53%). Also of interest is that Baxter has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Baxter telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.63% 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. Being a small city, Baxter does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Baxter citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.66% of adults in Baxter have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Baxter in 2022 was $41,962, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,848 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Baxter include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Baxter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
