A town of 2,864, settled in 1816. Nearly 6.2% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Bath does most differently from other towns.
2008 · Bath, Penn23 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 2 places on the National Register.
Where Bath’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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Ordered by what stands out in Bath. Another town gets a different order.
0.1 miles of trails across 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cliff Cowling Field | — | 9 |
| 2. Carl L. Rehrig Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Volunteer Firefighters Park | — | 5 |
The typical Bath home is worth about $387,000, up 3.6% in a year, 33% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (9%), Allentown (7%) and Hanover (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
The public schools Bath’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Wolf El Sch | PK–5 | 428 | B− |
Bath has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 33 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Bath beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 5 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| What stands out | Bath | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 54.6% | 64.4% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 62.1% | 67.5% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Bath is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Bath had a population of 2,808. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Bath.