Bath is a somewhat small city located in the state of Maine. With a population of 8,805 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bath is the 30th largest community in Maine. Much of the housing stock in Bath was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Bath is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bath is a city of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bath who work in teaching (11.14%), management occupations (10.31%), and office and administrative support (8.23%). Of important note, Bath is also a city of artists. Bath has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bath’s character. 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: 16.01% 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. Bath is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Bath is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.82% of adults in Bath have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bath in 2022 was $36,471, which is middle income relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,884 for a family of four. However, Bath contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bath include English, Irish, German, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bath is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and French.
