Bath vs Wayland

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

Bath and Wayland 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 1,817 in Wayland). Wayland has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $45,514 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $98,000 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Wayland
Population	5,595	1,817
Median age	46.7 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,514	$78,125
Median home value	$104,300	$98,000
Median gross rent	$750	$733
Housing units	3,141	754
Homeownership rate	56.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Wayland
Population	5,543 → 5,595 (+0.9%)	1,694 → 1,817 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$34,139 → $45,514 (+33.3%)	$54,875 → $78,125 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $104,300 (+22.3%)	$87,600 → $98,000 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $750 (+26.1%)	$568 → $733 (+29.0%)

Bath

Population

5,5435,595

Median household income

$34,139$45,514

Median home value

$85,300$104,300

Median gross rent

$595$750

Wayland

Population

1,6941,817

Median household income

$54,875$78,125

Median home value

$87,600$98,000

Median gross rent

$568$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Wayland
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	28.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	7.6%
75 and over	8.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Wayland
No high school diploma	12.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Wayland
Drove alone	76.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Wayland
1-unit, detached	50.9%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	11.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Wayland
Poverty rate	18.7%	15.7%
Average household size	1.93	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1959	1938