Bath is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,806 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bath is the 523rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Bath has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bath is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bath is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bath who work in office and administrative support (14.25%), healthcare suport services (11.34%), and sales jobs (8.90%). Also of interest is that Bath has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.48% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The citizens of Bath are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.19% of adults in Bath having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Bath in 2022 was $29,541, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,164 for a family of four. However, Bath contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bath is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Bath home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bath residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bath also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.14% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bath include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Pennsylvania German. The most common language spoken in Bath is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
