Census-designated place · York County, South Carolina

Baxter Village, South Carolina

Baxter Village is a census-designated place in York County, South Carolina, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area. It has 4,542 residents. Baxter Village, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 70 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,639 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Carolina it ranks #22 of 268 cities and towns. It ranks best on loneliness (low), median household income (high) and lack of reliable transportation (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), hospital quality rating (low) and drought exposure (high).

70High

Quality-of-life score: #4,639 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Carolina: #22 of 268 in SC
Population: 4,542 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 3,095.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4504528

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety29#11,027/15,637
Economy85#2,356/15,631
Housing24#11,340/14,977
Health71#4,537/15,609
Healthcare58#6,635/15,650
Environment61#5,949/15,453
Education87#2,100/15,649
Infrastructure77#3,545/15,650
Community71#4,499/15,651
Leisure & amenities50#7,749/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Baxter Village, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “York County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Loneliness · low28.7%
97/100South Carolina 32.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$151,629
96/100South Carolina $72,507United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.7%
96/100South Carolina 9.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.5%
94/100South Carolina 11.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
91/100South Carolina 0.49%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Poor or fair health · low12.1%
91/100South Carolina 22.0%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100South Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesYork County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100South Carolina 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesYork County value
Drought exposure · high75%
18/100South Carolina 72%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAYork County value
Rent-burdened households · high79.4%
20/100South Carolina 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Homicide rate · high6.0 /100k
21/100South Carolina 8.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYork County value
Drug overdose deaths · high22.8 /100k
22/100South Carolina 22.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYork County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
56.3% (2016-2020) → 79.4% (2020-2024)
+23 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 12.4% (2020-2024)
+12 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2016-2020) → 4.4× (2020-2024)
+39%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
99.1% (2016-2020) → 92.4% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
41.7% (2016-2020) → 47.7% (2020-2024)
+6 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Baxter Village, South Carolina over five years.

Cities and towns like Baxter Village, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Baxter Village, South Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Baxter Village, South Carolina five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,542 residents (±879)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,542 residents (±879)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

White90%4,086
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.9%†177
Asian1.8%†80
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.4%†199

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,964 residents (±738)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

No high school diploma3.0%†88
High school or GED3.6%†106
Some college12%†362
Associate degree5.9%†175
Bachelor's degree44%†1,318
Graduate degree31%915

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,677 households (±393)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k10%†171
$25k–50k6.6%†111
$50k–75k3.3%†56
$75k–100k4.7%†78
$100k–150k13%†216
$150k–200k31%†514
$200k or more32%†531

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,677 households (±393)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own92%1,536
Rent8.4%†141

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

141 households (±112)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00035%†50
$1,000–1,50038%†54

Home values

1,536 homes (±383)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $150k1.2%†19
$150k–250k3.0%†46
$250k–400k17%†267

Age of homes

1,677 homes (±393)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

2010 or later34%†568
2000–200962%†1,042
1980–19993.0%†51

Size of homes

1,677 homes (±393)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Studio5.2%†87
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms2.5%†42

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,816 workers (±336)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone62%1,122
Carpool9.6%†174
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.2%†76
Bike0.0%0
Work from home23%†426
Other1.0%†18

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,390 workers (±310)

Baxter Village, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under 15 min31%†432
15–29 min44%†615
30–44 min17%†233

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of York County, the county holding most of Baxter Village's residents.

York County has 6,231 employer establishments, 209 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.92× South Carolina's), with 97,731 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,857. The Census Bureau also counts 24,974 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,231; 24,974 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 209; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 97,731
Average annual pay: $55,857; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of York County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	501	16.8	0.81×About typical	4,935	$67,537	981
Restaurants and other eating places	458	15.4	0.84×About typical	10,228	$19,357	103
Specialty trade contractors	433	14.5	0.94×About typical	3,445	$62,968	1,555
Lessors of real estate	395	13.3	1.08×About typical	1,123	$49,077	2,239
Religious organizations	243	8.2	1.47×More than typical	1,725	$27,008	—
Limited-service restaurants	210	7.1	0.88×About typical	4,782	$17,560	40
Real estate agents and brokers	206	6.9	1.42×More than typical	355	$46,696	776
Full-service restaurants	193	6.5	0.84×About typical	4,694	$21,617	38
Services to buildings and dwellings	188	6.3	0.94×About typical	1,386	$31,085	1,722
Offices of other health practitioners	169	5.7	0.93×About typical	693	$45,444	528
Building equipment contractors	165	5.5	0.92×About typical	1,564	$61,269	316
Construction of buildings	153	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	722	$65,663	745

Rank places for an industry Open York County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 297,770 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $179.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Baxter Village, South Carolina: $39.55 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $179.6K; +1.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $39.55; US $2,008
Sole-source: 0.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.5%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Science Foundation$149.4K83%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$21.2K12%
Defense Logistics Agency$9,0295.0%

Top recipients

DELTA BRAVO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INC$149.4K83%
RIHZYN, LLC$21.2K12%
SIGMA PRODUCTS & MFG$9,0295.0%

Spending by fiscal year

32.7KFY2017
31.6KFY2018
31.5KFY2019
15.8KFY2020
21.2KFY2021
13.6KFY2022
21KFY2023
65.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$149.4K83%
Specialized freight trucking · 4842$21.2K12%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$9,0295.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Baxter Village, South Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Baxter Village, South Carolina's figures are part of those of York County, SC ($23.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Baxter Village is mostly in York County.

See federal money in York County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Baxter Village, South Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ralph NormanR-SC-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 11.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

York County74100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC75

Other cities and towns in York County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Baxter Village, South Carolina five years ago that improved