Bath vs Wacousta

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

Bath and Wacousta 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 1,686 in Wacousta). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $64,375 in Bath). Wacousta has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $202,600 in Bath).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Wacousta
Population	2,938	1,686
Median age	41.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$126,471
Median home value	$202,600	$271,200
Median gross rent	$1,251	—
Housing units	1,565	688
Homeownership rate	67.6%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Wacousta
Population	2,319 → 2,938 (+26.7%)	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $64,375 (-10.7%)	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $202,600 (+31.0%)	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,251 (+19.0%)	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)

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

Wacousta

Population

1,5711,686

Median household income

$83,472$126,471

Median home value

$192,500$271,200

Median gross rent

$910$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Wacousta
Under 5	7.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	9.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	1.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.5%
75 and over	5.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Wacousta
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
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%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Wacousta
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	18.1%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Wacousta
Drove alone	82.4%	91.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Wacousta
1-unit, detached	67.9%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	24.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Wacousta
Poverty rate	5.3%	1.2%
Average household size	1.90	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1985	1973