Homes in Bath
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Mason County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Bath in 2025. The last year with any was 2019 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Bath's population fell by 54 even though 4 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $209,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $209,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $209,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $209,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
On the market in Bath
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bath buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.