Bath vs Ovid

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

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

Bath has the higher population (2,938 vs 1,331 in Ovid). Bath has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $49,094 in Ovid). Bath has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $92,000 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Ovid
Population	2,938	1,331
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$49,094
Median home value	$202,600	$92,000
Median gross rent	$1,251	$844
Housing units	1,565	604
Homeownership rate	67.6%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Ovid
Population	2,319 → 2,938 (+26.7%)	1,698 → 1,331 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $64,375 (-10.7%)	$48,250 → $49,094 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $202,600 (+31.0%)	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,251 (+19.0%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

Bath

Population

2,3192,938

Median household income

$72,083$64,375

Median home value

$154,700$202,600

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,251

Ovid

Population

1,6981,331

Median household income

$48,250$49,094

Median home value

$73,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$643$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Ovid
Under 5	7.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	6.5%
75 and over	5.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Ovid
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Ovid
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Ovid
Drove alone	82.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Ovid
1-unit, detached	67.9%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	24.7%	11.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Ovid
Poverty rate	5.3%	19.3%
Average household size	1.90	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1985	1950