Baxter VillageSC
Public schools that outperform most of South Carolina. This town in South Carolina has a population of 4,542.
Is Baxter Village a good place to live?
Where it does best is schools (A+). Baxter Village grades A+ overall and ranks 2nd of 167 in South Carolina. That leaves it better than 98% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $670K, 8 years of the Charlotte metro’s $83K median household income. Three quarters of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only 24 of South Carolina’s 262 towns score higher on walkability. Only 12 of South Carolina’s 263 towns score higher on health. Only 19 of South Carolina’s 261 towns score higher on incomes.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
What makes Baxter Village stand out
Where Baxter Village beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Orchard Park Elementary | K–5 | 555 |
97% of working residents leave Baxter Village for work
Where Baxter Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Baxter Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Baxter Village is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Carowinds and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Baxter Village. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Theme parkCarowinds
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaBank of America Stadium14 mi MuseumSullenberger Aviation Museum70K visitors a year
32 mi LakeLake Norman
16 mi Stadium & arenaBojangles Coliseum
12 mi MuseumBilly Graham LibraryPhoto credits
Carowinds: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Billy Graham Library: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Baxter Village: who provides what
Baxter Village is unincorporated, so York County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Baxter Village.
Baxter Village has schools in the top 5% of South Carolina and sends many workers across the state line, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of South Carolina.
Baxter Village’s public schools rank among the best in South Carolina
Its A+ ranks #1 of the 169 South Carolina towns we grade for schools.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the York 04 school district. 555 students attend Baxter Village’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Park ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 555 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
0% of Baxter Village is conserved land
1.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Baxter Village’s trail density stands at 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allison Park | — | 2 |
| 2. Shady Grove Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Baxter Village ranks healthier than nine in ten of the country’s towns
Its widest gap with South Carolina is food insecurity: 8.3% of its 2,782 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.4% statewide. Against the 2,628 U.S. towns with household incomes like Baxter Village’s, it is healthier than 55%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Baxter Village: 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor. CDC measures, 32 in all: Baxter Village beats South Carolina on 21 and trails on 1. Among 169 South Carolina towns, just 9 have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Baxter Village. Two figures for adults locally: 11% report frequent physical distress, 9% have diabetes.
| Baxter Village | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 15% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Baxter Village | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 17.4% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.4% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Baxter Village stands out in South Carolina and nationally: the median household income there is higher
26% of working residents cross a state line to work. Jobs based here grew from 782 in 2013 to 1,312.
The share of residents in Baxter Village who live below the poverty line: 9.2%. Most people who work leave Baxter Village to do it: just 3% work in town. The average trip to work in the town is 20 minutes. Since 2013, Baxter Village has added 530 jobs, to 1,312 in 2023.
| Baxter Village | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $152,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.2% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Baxter Village, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 31.1°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 91% of South Carolina places with climate records; July afternoons average 90.5°.
For Baxter Village, the midsummer high is 91°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Baxter Village | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 31°F | 34°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Baxter Village faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Baxter Village comes to 34 of 100. FEMA puts 58% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 23% to tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of households live in a home they own in Baxter Village than in most of South Carolina or the rest of the country
At 8 years of the Charlotte metro’s $83K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 98% of South Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $2,777, against $1,251 across South Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A home in Baxter Village typically sold within 71 days of listing. The median sale price was $850,000 in September 2026. In Baxter Village, the typical sale closed at 97.3% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Baxter Village
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Baxter Village
About 2 of every 100 Baxter Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
Baxter Village’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Baxter Village.
| Town | SC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Village | #2 | A+ | C+ | — | A+ | A |
| Tega Cay | #1 | A+ | C | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Riverview | — | — | A− | — | A+ | A |
| Fort Mill | #3 | A+ | C | A− | A+ | A |
Riverview has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Baxter Village and Riverview report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Baxter Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Baxter Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Baxter Village, SC a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Baxter Village grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #2 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades A for health and A+ for schools.
Is Baxter Village, SC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $671,000, 120% above the South Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.