Bath, New York

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

ALMANAC

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.3–0.6% to the 3,265 homes here.

9–20

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

5,545

people, the 159th-largest of New York's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New York's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

81.4%

of 1,972 jobs located in Bath are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 51% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$735

a month. New York's median is $1,621.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $764 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Steuben County.
- $783 Tract 9615
- $1,547 Tract 9601
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$884–$1,326

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $735 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 0 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 93% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.3–0.6% to the 3,265 homes here.

9–20

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 76% less than New York's.

$101,700

median home value in Bath.
- $101,700 Bath
- $423,800 New York
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Bath, New York

Bath,
New York.

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

Median rent is up 51% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.3–0.6% to the 3,265 homes here.

A median home costs 76% less than New York's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

Median rent is up 51% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.3–0.6% to the 3,265 homes here.

A median home costs 76% less than New York's.

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