Bath vs Corning

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

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

Corning has the higher population (10,666 vs 5,595 in Bath). Corning has the higher median household income ($61,017 vs $45,514 in Bath). Corning has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $104,300 in Bath).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Corning
Population	5,595	10,666
Median age	46.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,514	$61,017
Median home value	$104,300	$148,300
Median gross rent	$750	$976
Housing units	3,141	5,829
Homeownership rate	56.9%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Corning
Population	5,543 → 5,595 (+0.9%)	10,696 → 10,666 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$34,139 → $45,514 (+33.3%)	$50,321 → $61,017 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $104,300 (+22.3%)	$112,800 → $148,300 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $750 (+26.1%)	$821 → $976 (+18.9%)

Bath

Population

5,5435,595

Median household income

$34,139$45,514

Median home value

$85,300$104,300

Median gross rent

$595$750

Corning

Population

10,69610,666

Median household income

$50,321$61,017

Median home value

$112,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$821$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Corning
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	20.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.9%
75 and over	8.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Corning
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Corning
No high school diploma	12.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Corning
Drove alone	76.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.8%
Worked from home	12.1%	11.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Corning
1-unit, detached	50.9%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	25.8%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	11.8%
20 or more units	11.3%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Corning
Poverty rate	18.7%	15.8%
Average household size	1.93	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1959	1944