 Hauxton had a 2001 population of 687 and boasts a gym, an organic food shop and a church.The village had a sub-post office (housed in an annexe to a private house in High Street) and a small corner shop (known as "Arnold's") but these closed in the late 1980s and 1996 respectively.The corner shop's elderly proprietor, Meyrick Arnold, was one of Hauxton's most well-known and well-liked figures.