Baaoeños used the Baao variant, a lowland dialect (sinaranəw) of Rinconada Bikol which is different of that in Iriga.

As one of the historical towns of Catholicism in the Bicol region, Baao has a majority of Roman Catholic adherents.

Yet rail service to Manila is currently suspended due severe damages brought by Typhoon Reming in 2006.

The town fiesta (Feast of St. Bartolomew) or "Pintakasi" of Baao is celebrated from August 23 to 25.

It offers both elementary and secondary quality education with the purpose of creating graduates not only of high caliber but also with hearts that are "in one" with the poor.

Ave Maria Early Childhood Impressions Center is a private catholic school for toddlers and preschoolers ages two years old and above.