Bath (Berkeley Springs) vs Great Cacapon

A side-by-side comparison of Bath (Berkeley Springs) and Great Cacapon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bath (Berkeley Springs) and Great Cacapon are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bath (Berkeley Springs) has the higher population (899 vs 836 in Great Cacapon). Great Cacapon has the higher median household income ($44,267 vs $36,250 in Bath (Berkeley Springs)). Bath (Berkeley Springs) has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $112,500 in Great Cacapon).

Population, income & housing

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
Population	899	836
Median age	43.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$44,267
Median home value	$185,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$830	—
Housing units	540	244
Homeownership rate	35.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
Population	792 → 899 (+13.5%)	465 → 836 (+79.8%)
Median household income	$36,705 → $36,250 (-1.2%)	$32,946 → $44,267 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $185,400 (+35.8%)	$86,800 → $112,500 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $830 (+13.5%)	—

Bath (Berkeley Springs)

Population

792899

Median household income

$36,705$36,250

Median home value

$136,500$185,400

Median gross rent

$731$830

Great Cacapon

Population

465836

Median household income

$32,946$44,267

Median home value

$86,800$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	31.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	36.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	23.0%	1.4%
75 and over	5.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
No high school diploma	2.7%	45.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
Drove alone	59.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	16.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	16.0%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	10.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
1-unit, detached	56.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Great Cacapon
Poverty rate	19.2%	29.4%
Average household size	1.89	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1960	1938