Bath vs North Catasauqua

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

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

North Catasauqua has the higher population (2,968 vs 2,829 in Bath). North Catasauqua has the higher median household income ($86,779 vs $73,681 in Bath). North Catasauqua has the higher median home value ($245,900 vs $228,500 in Bath).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	North Catasauqua
Population	2,829	2,968
Median age	32.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$86,779
Median home value	$228,500	$245,900
Median gross rent	$1,173	$944
Housing units	1,137	1,251
Homeownership rate	54.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	North Catasauqua
Population	2,658 → 2,829 (+6.4%)	2,831 → 2,968 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$48,652 → $73,681 (+51.4%)	$69,244 → $86,779 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $228,500 (+49.0%)	$177,500 → $245,900 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,173 (-3.1%)	$892 → $944 (+5.8%)

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

North Catasauqua

Population

2,8312,968

Median household income

$69,244$86,779

Median home value

$177,500$245,900

Median gross rent

$892$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	North Catasauqua
Under 5	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	25.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.0%
75 and over	8.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	North Catasauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	77.9%
Black or African American	11.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	North Catasauqua
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	North Catasauqua
Drove alone	76.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	23.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	North Catasauqua
1-unit, detached	46.0%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	10.1%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bath	North Catasauqua
Poverty rate	17.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1970	1950