Bath vs Bayview

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

Bath and Bayview are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bayview has the higher population (317 vs 229 in Bath). Bayview has the higher median household income ($108,594 vs $72,000 in Bath). Bayview has the higher median home value ($443,800 vs $401,600 in Bath).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Bayview
Population	229	317
Median age	66.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,000	$108,594
Median home value	$401,600	$443,800
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	167	257
Homeownership rate	84.4%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Bayview
Population	266 → 229 (-13.9%)	598 → 317 (-47.0%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $72,000 (+38.5%)	$66,818 → $108,594 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$298,200 → $401,600 (+34.7%)	$150,900 → $443,800 (+194.1%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,125 (+15.4%)	—

Bath

Population

266229

Median household income

$52,000$72,000

Median home value

$298,200$401,600

Median gross rent

$975$1,125

Bayview

Population

598317

Median household income

$66,818$108,594

Median home value

$150,900$443,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Bayview
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	3.5%
18 to 24	0.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	20.5%
45 to 54	4.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	34.9%	25.9%
75 and over	20.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Bayview
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Bayview
No high school diploma	1.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Bayview
Drove alone	77.9%	55.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Bayview
1-unit, detached	97.6%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Bayview
Poverty rate	11.8%	9.1%
Average household size	1.88	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1964	1965