Bath County vs Webster County

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

Bath County and Webster County are counties in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Webster County has the higher population (12,873 vs 12,812 in Bath County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($58,786 vs $54,128 in Bath County). Bath County has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $97,600 in Webster County).

Population, income & housing

	Bath County	Webster County
Population	12,812	12,873
Median age	39.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,128	$58,786
Median home value	$111,800	$97,600
Median gross rent	$600	$774
Housing units	5,479	5,728
Homeownership rate	72.8%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath County	Webster County
Population	12,355 → 12,812 (+3.7%)	13,068 → 12,873 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$44,898 → $54,128 (+20.6%)	$42,119 → $58,786 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $111,800 (+24.6%)	$75,600 → $97,600 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $600 (-4.9%)	$631 → $774 (+22.7%)

Bath County

Population

12,35512,812

Median household income

$44,898$54,128

Median home value

$89,700$111,800

Median gross rent

$631$600

Webster County

Population

13,06812,873

Median household income

$42,119$58,786

Median home value

$75,600$97,600

Median gross rent

$631$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath County	Webster County
Under 5	6.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.2%
75 and over	6.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath County	Webster County
No high school diploma	18.6%	13.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath County	Webster County
Drove alone	84.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	62.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Bath County	Webster County
Poverty rate	23.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1986	1977