Algood vs Baxter

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

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

Algood has the higher population (4,002 vs 1,278 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median household income ($56,806 vs $40,514 in Algood). Baxter has the higher median home value ($198,800 vs $179,400 in Algood).

Population, income & housing

	Algood	Baxter
Population	4,002	1,278
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,514	$56,806
Median home value	$179,400	$198,800
Median gross rent	$822	$850
Housing units	1,828	690
Homeownership rate	50.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algood	Baxter
Population	4,228 → 4,002 (-5.3%)	1,546 → 1,278 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$34,043 → $40,514 (+19.0%)	$41,985 → $56,806 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $179,400 (+28.1%)	$120,200 → $198,800 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $822 (+2.6%)	$592 → $850 (+43.6%)

Algood

Population

4,2284,002

Median household income

$34,043$40,514

Median home value

$140,100$179,400

Median gross rent

$801$822

Baxter

Population

1,5461,278

Median household income

$41,985$56,806

Median home value

$120,200$198,800

Median gross rent

$592$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algood	Baxter
Under 5	1.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	24.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.0%
75 and over	11.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algood	Baxter
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algood	Baxter
No high school diploma	19.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algood	Baxter
Drove alone	71.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	21.0%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algood	Baxter
1-unit, detached	64.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Algood	Baxter
Poverty rate	24.6%	22.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1995	1988