Cost of living in Bath, Pennsylvania
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,242 a month.
Bath is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $72,391 a year.
- People
- 2,864
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,242
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $72,391
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $247,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,839
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Bath, Pennsylvania has about 2,864 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $247,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Northampton County is $1,839 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Bath. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area, prices sit at 100.0 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Pennsylvania taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Bath's exact store tax.
Some places in Pennsylvania add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.99% of income. That is not a Bath bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Bath's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Pennsylvania in the table we use.
Among 873 places we list in Pennsylvania with a rent figure, 282 have higher typical rent than Bath.
Nearby places
- Nazareth
Typical rent $1,168
Compare with Bath - Eastlawn Gardens
Typical rent $1,291
Compare with Bath - Northampton
Typical rent $1,174
Compare with Bath - North Catasauqua
Typical rent $924
Compare with Bath - Catasauqua
Typical rent $1,031
Compare with Bath - Coplay
Typical rent $1,234
Compare with Bath - Middletown
Typical rent $1,545
- Palmer Heights
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Pennsylvania
Bigger places in Pennsylvania
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.