Bath vs Freemansburg

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

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

Freemansburg has the higher population (2,871 vs 2,829 in Bath). Freemansburg has the higher median household income ($96,696 vs $73,681 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $205,200 in Freemansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Freemansburg
Population	2,829	2,871
Median age	32.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$96,696
Median home value	$228,500	$205,200
Median gross rent	$1,173	$2,071
Housing units	1,137	1,307
Homeownership rate	54.8%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Freemansburg
Population	2,658 → 2,829 (+6.4%)	2,622 → 2,871 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$48,652 → $73,681 (+51.4%)	$56,944 → $96,696 (+69.8%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $228,500 (+49.0%)	$161,200 → $205,200 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,173 (-3.1%)	$1,333 → $2,071 (+55.4%)

Bath

Population

2,6582,829

Median household income

$48,652$73,681

Median home value

$153,400$228,500

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,173

Freemansburg

Population

2,6222,871

Median household income

$56,944$96,696

Median home value

$161,200$205,200

Median gross rent

$1,333$2,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Freemansburg
Under 5	4.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	24.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.0%
75 and over	8.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Freemansburg
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	50.1%
Black or African American	11.2%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Freemansburg
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Freemansburg
Drove alone	76.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.0%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Freemansburg
1-unit, detached	46.0%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	42.9%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Freemansburg
Poverty rate	17.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1970	1974