Bath is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,841 people and just one neighborhood, Bath is the 286th largest community in Michigan. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Bath, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Bath, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Bath’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Bath does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $65,972.00.
Unlike some towns, Bath isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bath are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bath is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bath who work in office and administrative support (17.08%), sales jobs (10.39%), and business and financial occupations (9.10%).
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.
A relatively large number of people in Bath telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.20% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bath has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bath has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bath than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bath may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Bath doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Bath is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.57% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bath in 2022 was $41,804, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $167,216 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bath include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Bath is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Other Indo-European.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bath, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.
In addition, some neighborhoods are made up of apartments. Some consist of row houses, and most - by far - consist of a mixture of housing types. But the neighborhood stands out due to the total dominance of detached, single-family homes here. There are nearly no other types of residential real estate in the neighborhood. In fact, this neighborhood has a higher proportion of single-family homes in its real estate stock than 95.1% of all American neighborhoods.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Michigan. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 6.5% have Dutch ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bath are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.1%), and 19.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Bath, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (20.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.9%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (6.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (60.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.