Baxter vs Monterey

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

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

Monterey has the higher population (2,751 vs 1,278 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median household income ($56,806 vs $42,402 in Monterey). Baxter has the higher median home value ($198,800 vs $130,600 in Monterey).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Monterey
Population	1,278	2,751
Median age	40.8 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,806	$42,402
Median home value	$198,800	$130,600
Median gross rent	$850	$688
Housing units	690	1,030
Homeownership rate	66.2%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Monterey
Population	1,546 → 1,278 (-17.3%)	2,840 → 2,751 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$41,985 → $56,806 (+35.3%)	$30,497 → $42,402 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $198,800 (+65.4%)	$99,000 → $130,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $850 (+43.6%)	$553 → $688 (+24.4%)

Baxter

Population

1,5461,278

Median household income

$41,985$56,806

Median home value

$120,200$198,800

Median gross rent

$592$850

Monterey

Population

2,8402,751

Median household income

$30,497$42,402

Median home value

$99,000$130,600

Median gross rent

$553$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Monterey
Under 5	4.8%	13.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	9.1%
75 and over	5.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Monterey
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	73.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Monterey
No high school diploma	11.9%	29.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Monterey
Drove alone	71.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	3.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Monterey
1-unit, detached	69.1%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Monterey
Poverty rate	22.6%	26.7%
Average household size	2.34	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1988	1976