Baxter is home to 8,966 people in Minnesota. Since 2000 the city has risen by half, up 3,411 people. 1% of people here were born outside the United States. At a median age of 43.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole. That trails the Minnesota median by roughly 21%. Getting to work takes 19 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $70,688, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
38% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 47%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Baxter
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants88.5% → 62.6%(−25.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population3,695 → 8,966(+143%)US over the same years: +35%
Poverty rate4.0% → 13.1%(+9.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Baxter's population equals 13% of Crow Wing County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 21% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 18% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.5%(142)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.7%(113)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.2%(189)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11.7%(71)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II5.5%(33)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 605 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Baxter, decade by decade
Baxter population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,695
$95,693
$157,685
22.2%
6.9
2000
5,555
$95,253
$220,056
30.8%
4.5
2010
7,610
$86,193
$277,788
33.1%
10.1
2020
8,612
$84,509
$258,407
37.0%
19.1
2024
8,966
$70,688
$324,100
38.3%
12.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
