Baxley is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,960 people and six associated neighborhoods, Baxley is the 153rd largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Baxley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Baxley is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Baxley who work in office and administrative support (19.18%), maintenance occupations (11.44%), and sales jobs (10.04%). Also of interest is that Baxley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Baxley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Baxley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Baxley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Baxley may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Baxley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Baxley, just 11.25% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Baxley in 2022 was $19,623, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,492 for a family of four. However, Baxley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Baxley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Baxley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baxley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Baxley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Baxley include Irish, French, German, English, and Syrian. The most common language spoken in Baxley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
