Bath vs Walnutport

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

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

Bath has the higher population (2,829 vs 1,981 in Walnutport). Walnutport has the higher median household income ($74,091 vs $73,681 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $198,800 in Walnutport).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Walnutport
Population	2,829	1,981
Median age	32.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$74,091
Median home value	$228,500	$198,800
Median gross rent	$1,173	$1,566
Housing units	1,137	836
Homeownership rate	54.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Walnutport
Population	2,658 → 2,829 (+6.4%)	2,038 → 1,981 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$48,652 → $73,681 (+51.4%)	$64,375 → $74,091 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $228,500 (+49.0%)	$156,300 → $198,800 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,173 (-3.1%)	$989 → $1,566 (+58.3%)

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

Walnutport

Population

2,0381,981

Median household income

$64,375$74,091

Median home value

$156,300$198,800

Median gross rent

$989$1,566

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Walnutport
Under 5	4.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	25.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Walnutport
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	11.2%	1.3%
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%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Walnutport
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Walnutport
Drove alone	76.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Walnutport
1-unit, detached	46.0%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	31.9%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Walnutport
Poverty rate	17.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1970	1968