Bath vs Washington Park

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

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

Washington Park has the higher population (470 vs 229 in Bath). Washington Park has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $72,000 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($401,600 vs $300,900 in Washington Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Washington Park
Population	229	470
Median age	66.0 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,000	$86,875
Median home value	$401,600	$300,900
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,000
Housing units	167	254
Homeownership rate	84.4%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Washington Park
Population	266 → 229 (-13.9%)	609 → 470 (-22.8%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $72,000 (+38.5%)	$76,250 → $86,875 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$298,200 → $401,600 (+34.7%)	$249,300 → $300,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,125 (+15.4%)	$1,025 → $1,000 (-2.4%)

Bath

Population

266229

Median household income

$52,000$72,000

Median home value

$298,200$401,600

Median gross rent

$975$1,125

Washington Park

Population

609470

Median household income

$76,250$86,875

Median home value

$249,300$300,900

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Washington Park
Under 5	1.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	8.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	0.9%	1.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	4.8%	17.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	34.9%	13.4%
75 and over	20.5%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Washington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Washington Park
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Washington Park
Drove alone	77.9%	83.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Washington Park
1-unit, detached	97.6%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Washington Park
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1964	1957