Baxter vs Breezy Point

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

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

Baxter has the higher population (8,804 vs 2,647 in Breezy Point). Breezy Point has the higher median household income ($85,913 vs $71,272 in Baxter). Breezy Point has the higher median home value ($301,000 vs $298,400 in Baxter).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Breezy Point
Population	8,804	2,647
Median age	42.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,272	$85,913
Median home value	$298,400	$301,000
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,117
Housing units	3,921	1,844
Homeownership rate	62.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Breezy Point
Population	8,202 → 8,804 (+7.3%)	2,319 → 2,647 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$71,220 → $71,272 (+0.1%)	$68,831 → $85,913 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$208,500 → $298,400 (+43.1%)	$250,800 → $301,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,123 (+12.5%)	$1,288 → $1,117 (-13.3%)

Baxter

Population

8,2028,804

Median household income

$71,220$71,272

Median home value

$208,500$298,400

Median gross rent

$998$1,123

Breezy Point

Population

2,3192,647

Median household income

$68,831$85,913

Median home value

$250,800$301,000

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Breezy Point
Under 5	3.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.8%
75 and over	11.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Breezy Point
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Breezy Point
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Breezy Point
Drove alone	73.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	18.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Breezy Point
1-unit, detached	63.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	22.4%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Breezy Point
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1999	1994