Bath vs Pen Argyl

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

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

Pen Argyl has the higher population (3,489 vs 2,829 in Bath). Pen Argyl has the higher median household income ($79,948 vs $73,681 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $172,100 in Pen Argyl).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Pen Argyl
Population	2,829	3,489
Median age	32.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$79,948
Median home value	$228,500	$172,100
Median gross rent	$1,173	$1,165
Housing units	1,137	1,430
Homeownership rate	54.8%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Pen Argyl
Population	2,658 → 2,829 (+6.4%)	3,543 → 3,489 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$48,652 → $73,681 (+51.4%)	$61,250 → $79,948 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $228,500 (+49.0%)	$155,600 → $172,100 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,173 (-3.1%)	$984 → $1,165 (+18.4%)

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

Pen Argyl

Population

3,5433,489

Median household income

$61,250$79,948

Median home value

$155,600$172,100

Median gross rent

$984$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Pen Argyl
Under 5	4.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	25.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.9%
75 and over	8.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Pen Argyl
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	11.2%	3.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Pen Argyl
No high school diploma	8.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Pen Argyl
Drove alone	76.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	2.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Pen Argyl
1-unit, detached	46.0%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	40.3%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Pen Argyl
Poverty rate	17.2%	15.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1970	1938