Baxley is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,943 people and six associated neighborhoods, Baxley is the 153rd largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities, Baxley isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Baxley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Baxley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baxley who work in office and administrative support (24.48%), sales jobs (15.60%), and computer science and math (6.37%). There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Baxley, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community. 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. Baxley is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Baxley with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.41% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Baxley in 2022 was $20,870, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,480 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 12.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Baxley include Irish, German, English, Swedish, and Syrian. The most common language spoken in Baxley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
