Bath vs Goofy Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Bath and Goofy Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Bath and Goofy Ridge are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bath has the higher population (226 vs 148 in Goofy Ridge). Goofy Ridge has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $37,188 in Bath). Goofy Ridge has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $63,900 in Bath).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
Population	226	148
Median age	59.4 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$54,063
Median home value	$63,900	$75,000
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	160	193
Homeownership rate	82.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
Population	279 → 226 (-19.0%)	293 → 148 (-49.5%)
Median household income	$29,432 → $37,188 (+26.4%)	$20,625 → $54,063 (+162.1%)
Median home value	$46,500 → $63,900 (+37.4%)	$38,200 → $75,000 (+96.3%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $750 (+23.4%)	$819 → $808 (-1.3%)

Bath

Population

279226

Median household income

$29,432$37,188

Median home value

$46,500$63,900

Median gross rent

$608$750

Goofy Ridge

Population

293148

Median household income

$20,625$54,063

Median home value

$38,200$75,000

Median gross rent

$819$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	20.9%
55 to 64	27.0%	31.1%
65 to 74	24.8%	23.0%
75 and over	8.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
No high school diploma	14.2%	41.5%
High school graduate	54.7%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
Drove alone	56.5%	38.6%
Carpooled	22.6%	45.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
1-unit, detached	78.1%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Goofy Ridge
Poverty rate	15.0%	12.2%
Average household size	1.74	1.40
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1971	1972