Bath (Berkeley Springs) vs Paw Paw

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

Bath (Berkeley Springs) and Paw Paw 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 440 in Paw Paw). Paw Paw has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $36,250 in Bath (Berkeley Springs)). Bath (Berkeley Springs) has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $83,900 in Paw Paw).

Population, income & housing

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
Population	899	440
Median age	43.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$62,500
Median home value	$185,400	$83,900
Median gross rent	$830	$989
Housing units	540	177
Homeownership rate	35.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
Population	792 → 899 (+13.5%)	672 → 440 (-34.5%)
Median household income	$36,705 → $36,250 (-1.2%)	$34,946 → $62,500 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $185,400 (+35.8%)	$83,600 → $83,900 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $830 (+13.5%)	$744 → $989 (+32.9%)

Bath (Berkeley Springs)

Population

792899

Median household income

$36,705$36,250

Median home value

$136,500$185,400

Median gross rent

$731$830

Paw Paw

Population

672440

Median household income

$34,946$62,500

Median home value

$83,600$83,900

Median gross rent

$744$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
Under 5	4.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	27.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	21.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	23.0%	12.7%
75 and over	5.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	9.1%
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%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
No high school diploma	2.7%	20.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
Drove alone	59.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	16.3%	13.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	16.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
1-unit, detached	56.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Bath (Berkeley Springs)	Paw Paw
Poverty rate	19.2%	7.5%
Average household size	1.89	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	41
Median year structure built	1960	1965