Bath vs Canisteo

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

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

Bath has the higher population (5,595 vs 1,998 in Canisteo). Canisteo has the higher median household income ($64,116 vs $45,514 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $103,300 in Canisteo).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Canisteo
Population	5,595	1,998
Median age	46.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,514	$64,116
Median home value	$104,300	$103,300
Median gross rent	$750	$735
Housing units	3,141	935
Homeownership rate	56.9%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Canisteo
Population	5,543 → 5,595 (+0.9%)	2,341 → 1,998 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$34,139 → $45,514 (+33.3%)	$57,026 → $64,116 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $104,300 (+22.3%)	$74,500 → $103,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $750 (+26.1%)	$597 → $735 (+23.1%)

Bath

Population

5,5435,595

Median household income

$34,139$45,514

Median home value

$85,300$104,300

Median gross rent

$595$750

Canisteo

Population

2,3411,998

Median household income

$57,026$64,116

Median home value

$74,500$103,300

Median gross rent

$597$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Canisteo
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	15.5%
75 and over	8.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Canisteo
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Canisteo
No high school diploma	12.2%	14.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Canisteo
Drove alone	76.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	2.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Canisteo
1-unit, detached	50.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	11.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Canisteo
Poverty rate	18.7%	13.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1959	1938