Bath vs Topsham

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

Bath and Topsham 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 6,962 in Topsham). Topsham has the higher median household income ($80,545 vs $65,565 in Bath). Topsham has the higher median home value ($341,800 vs $285,400 in Bath).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Topsham
Population	8,801	6,962
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,565	$80,545
Median home value	$285,400	$341,800
Median gross rent	$967	$1,211
Housing units	4,767	3,129
Homeownership rate	64.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Topsham
Population	8,319 → 8,801 (+5.8%)	6,222 → 6,962 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$48,252 → $65,565 (+35.9%)	$70,441 → $80,545 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$175,700 → $285,400 (+62.4%)	$230,400 → $341,800 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $967 (+12.2%)	$924 → $1,211 (+31.1%)

Bath

Population

8,3198,801

Median household income

$48,252$65,565

Median home value

$175,700$285,400

Median gross rent

$862$967

Topsham

Population

6,2226,962

Median household income

$70,441$80,545

Median home value

$230,400$341,800

Median gross rent

$924$1,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Topsham
Under 5	2.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	9.4%
75 and over	10.1%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Topsham
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Topsham
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	23.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Topsham
Drove alone	67.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	11.5%
Other means	0.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Topsham
1-unit, detached	58.0%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Topsham
Poverty rate	14.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1938	1980