Baxter vs Lynnville

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter and Lynnville: population, income, housing, and more.

Baxter and Lynnville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baxter has the higher population (1,251 vs 557 in Lynnville). Lynnville has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $60,625 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median home value ($162,300 vs $139,400 in Lynnville).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Lynnville
Population	1,251	557
Median age	33.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$61,875
Median home value	$162,300	$139,400
Median gross rent	$693	$594
Housing units	480	258
Homeownership rate	75.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Lynnville
Population	1,004 → 1,251 (+24.6%)	471 → 557 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $60,625 (+2.3%)	$63,750 → $61,875 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $162,300 (+27.0%)	$110,100 → $139,400 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $693 (+0.0%)	$660 → $594 (-10.0%)

Baxter

Population

1,0041,251

Median household income

$59,276$60,625

Median home value

$127,800$162,300

Median gross rent

$693$693

Lynnville

Population

471557

Median household income

$63,750$61,875

Median home value

$110,100$139,400

Median gross rent

$660$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Lynnville
Under 5	10.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.5%
75 and over	7.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Lynnville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Lynnville
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Lynnville
Drove alone	83.9%	87.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Lynnville
1-unit, detached	80.0%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Lynnville
Poverty rate	15.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1969	1949