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Baxter is a small town of 1,361 people in Putnam County, Tennessee. It's about 61 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $219k and rent runs about $914 a month.
1,361people
$219kTypical home
$914/moRent
88° / 47°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
137Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,361
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 433 people per sq mi
- 61 mi to Nashville, TN
- 61 mi to Nashville, TN
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $219k (≈$1,381/mo)
- Median rent $914/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 137 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (129 per 100k)
- Low property crime (971 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 29% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 58 mi to BNA airport
- 58 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 187 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,053 ft
- 370 mi to the ocean
- 126 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 47 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 107 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- 36 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 37% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 36 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Putnam County: R+47 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk