Bath vs Wind Gap

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

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

Wind Gap has the higher population (3,202 vs 2,829 in Bath). Wind Gap has the higher median household income ($74,803 vs $73,681 in Bath). Bath has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $201,800 in Wind Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Wind Gap
Population	2,829	3,202
Median age	32.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$74,803
Median home value	$228,500	$201,800
Median gross rent	$1,173	$1,205
Housing units	1,137	1,428
Homeownership rate	54.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Wind Gap
Population	2,658 → 2,829 (+6.4%)	2,720 → 3,202 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$48,652 → $73,681 (+51.4%)	$51,250 → $74,803 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $228,500 (+49.0%)	$186,100 → $201,800 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,173 (-3.1%)	$829 → $1,205 (+45.4%)

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

Wind Gap

Population

2,7203,202

Median household income

$51,250$74,803

Median home value

$186,100$201,800

Median gross rent

$829$1,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Wind Gap
Under 5	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	25.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.6%
75 and over	8.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Wind Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	90.2%
Black or African American	11.2%	1.9%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Wind Gap
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Wind Gap
Drove alone	76.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	21.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Wind Gap
1-unit, detached	46.0%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Wind Gap
Poverty rate	17.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1970	1962