Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,903, established in 1728. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Trash & recyclingBath grades C overall, 912th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 85% of U.S. towns. On the other side, CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 88% of the country. 20% of residents live below the poverty line in Bath, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (7.6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Bath has 2 places on the National Register.
Where Bath beats most towns.
Census counts: 486 in 1860, 2,808 in 2020. The archive holds 23 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 7 maps from 1894 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bath takes its name from Bath in Somerset, England, 3,430 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionBath, established in 1728, takes its name from Bath, a large town in Somerset, England.
4 more U.S. towns are named after Bath:Bath, NY11,413Bath, ME8,835Bath, NC243Bath, SD91
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Bath is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history (established 1728; 2 places on the National Register; 2 notable people born here), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bath. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
10 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
10 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
39 mi LakeLake Musconetcong9 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
21 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bath, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Bath.
22% of Bath adults smoke cigarettes. Bath beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 18% of Bath adults report frequent physical distress.
| Bath | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bath | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.2% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 7.7% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 25.9% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Northampton Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Wolf El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 428 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The typical Bath home is worth about $385,000, up 3.8% in a year, 34% above the Pennsylvania typical home. 57% of households own their home in Bath.
| Bath | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,242 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Bath fell to 540 in 2023, 124 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Bethlehem (9%), Allentown (7%) and Hanover Township (4%).
| Bath | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 9.5% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bath has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Bath | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cliff Cowling Field | — | 9 |
| 2. Carl L. Rehrig Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Volunteer Firefighters Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bath.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Bath
About 6 of every 100 Bath residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Where Bath’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
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.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | #912 | C | C | — | B+ | D |
| East Allen Township | #581 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Upper Nazareth Township | #194 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
Bath and East Allen Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bath with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bath grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #912 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades D for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($84,587 across the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
Bath was established in 1728 and has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including Arthur Granville Dewalt and Mark C. Urban.
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