What is the population of Bath borough?

Bath borough has 2,829 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #500 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Bath borough?

Median household income in Bath borough is $73,681 a year, 6.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,173 a month and the median home value is $228,500, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bath borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bath, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bath, Pennsylvania (Bath, PA — Census place “Bath borough”) is 2,829 residents, ranking #500 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $73,681, the median home is worth $228,500 and median gross rent runs $1,173 a month. Looking for the Bath Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bath, PA: 18014.

Population: 2,829Bath borough residents
Median household income: $73,681Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $228,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,173Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.8%Owner-occupied households

Bath ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bath.

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

18014

What the numbers mean in Bath borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bath borough median would spend about 19.1% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.2% of residents and 54.8% 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 borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bath borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 2,829 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #500 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 32.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bath borough earn a median of $73,681 a year, 6.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bath borough is valued at $228,500, 24.7% below the national figure and 18% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,173 a month, 16.6% below the national figure, or roughly $14,076 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.8% 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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bath borough?: Bath borough has 2,829 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #500 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Bath borough?: Median household income in Bath borough is $73,681 a year, 6.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bath borough?: Median gross rent is $1,173 a month and the median home value is $228,500, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Bath borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bath borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bath borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.