Bath vs Richmond

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

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

Bath has the higher population (8,801 vs 1,946 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median household income ($72,036 vs $65,565 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($285,400 vs $221,600 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Richmond
Population	8,801	1,946
Median age	46.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,565	$72,036
Median home value	$285,400	$221,600
Median gross rent	$967	$1,013
Housing units	4,767	871
Homeownership rate	64.6%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Richmond
Population	8,319 → 8,801 (+5.8%)	1,671 → 1,946 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$48,252 → $65,565 (+35.9%)	$45,455 → $72,036 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$175,700 → $285,400 (+62.4%)	$164,100 → $221,600 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $967 (+12.2%)	$717 → $1,013 (+41.3%)

Bath

Population

8,3198,801

Median household income

$48,252$65,565

Median home value

$175,700$285,400

Median gross rent

$862$967

Richmond

Population

1,6711,946

Median household income

$45,455$72,036

Median home value

$164,100$221,600

Median gross rent

$717$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Richmond
Under 5	2.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	6.8%
75 and over	10.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Richmond
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Richmond
Drove alone	67.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	13.4%	12.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Richmond
1-unit, detached	58.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Richmond
Poverty rate	14.6%	9.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1938	1943