What is the population of Bath city?

Bath city has 8,801 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #16 of 155 in Maine.

What is the median household income in Bath city?

Median household income in Bath city is $65,565 a year, 16.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bath city?

Median gross rent is $967 a month and the median home value is $285,400, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.

Is Bath city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bath city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bath, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bath, Maine (Bath, ME — Census place “Bath city”) is 8,801 residents, ranking #16 of 155 places in Maine. Median household income is $65,565, the median home is worth $285,400 and median gross rent runs $967 a month. Looking for the Bath Maine ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bath, ME: 04530.

Population: 8,801Bath city residents
Median household income: $65,565Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $285,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $967Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.6%Owner-occupied households

Bath ZIP codes (Maine)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bath.

The Bath ME ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

04530

What the numbers mean in Bath city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bath city median would spend about 17.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.6% of residents and 64.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bath city, ME in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bath city is a mid-size town in Maine, with 8,801 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #16 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 46.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bath city earn a median of $65,565 a year, 16.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% above the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bath city is valued at $285,400, 5.9% below the national figure and 29% above the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $967 a month, 31.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,604 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Bath city?: Bath city has 8,801 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #16 of 155 in Maine.
What is the median household income in Bath city?: Median household income in Bath city is $65,565 a year, 16.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bath city?: Median gross rent is $967 a month and the median home value is $285,400, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
Is Bath city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bath city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bath city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.