Bath vs St. Johns

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

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

St. Johns has the higher population (7,712 vs 2,938 in Bath). Bath has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $63,030 in St. Johns). Bath has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $175,300 in St. Johns).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	St. Johns
Population	2,938	7,712
Median age	41.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$63,030
Median home value	$202,600	$175,300
Median gross rent	$1,251	$870
Housing units	1,565	3,430
Homeownership rate	67.6%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	St. Johns
Population	2,319 → 2,938 (+26.7%)	7,898 → 7,712 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $64,375 (-10.7%)	$56,307 → $63,030 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $202,600 (+31.0%)	$122,600 → $175,300 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,251 (+19.0%)	$772 → $870 (+12.7%)

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

St. Johns

Population

7,8987,712

Median household income

$56,307$63,030

Median home value

$122,600$175,300

Median gross rent

$772$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	St. Johns
Under 5	7.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	9.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.8%
75 and over	5.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	St. Johns
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	St. Johns
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	St. Johns
Drove alone	82.4%	75.4%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	St. Johns
1-unit, detached	67.9%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	24.7%	7.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Bath	St. Johns
Poverty rate	5.3%	13.4%
Average household size	1.90	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1985	1963