Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $623,267.
Median contract rent in 2022: $978 (lower quartile is $891, upper quartile is $1,193)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $927
Median gross rent in West Bath, ME in 2022: $1,025
Housing units in West Bath with a mortgage: 293 (29 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 156
In family households: 28,533 (6,866 male householders, 3,003 female householders)
7,732 spouses, 8,978 children (8,275 natural, 221 adopted, 482 stepchildren), 472 grandchildren, 133 brothers or sisters, 175 parents, foster children, 174 other relatives, 831 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,495 (2,346 male householders (1,724 living alone)), 2,873 female householders (2,368 living alone)), 1,276 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 265 (184 institutionalized population)
6,424 married couples with children.
2,084 single-parent households (548 men, 1,536 women).
97.7% of residents of West Bath speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 50 (2.5%)
(72.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in West Bath, Maine
31995 to March 2000
41990 to 1994
21985 to 1989
41980 to 1984
21975 to 1979
41970 to 1974
41965 to 1969
14Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
English: 454 (23.8%)
Irish: 245 (12.8%)
French: 199 (10.4%)
United States: 189 (9.9%)
German: 159 (8.3%)
Other: 154 (8.1%)
Scottish: 110 (5.8%)
Italian: 78 (4.1%)
French Canadian: 65 (3.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 47 (2.5%)
Swedish: 45 (2.4%)
Welsh: 40 (2.1%)
Norwegian: 36 (1.9%)
Polish: 23 (1.2%)
Dutch: 22 (1.2%)
Danish: 14 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.2%)
Slovak: 4 (0.2%)
Greek: 3 (0.2%)
Russian: 3 (0.2%)
Czech: 2 (0.1%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
West Bath:
21.6% (8)
Maine:
41.4% (15,199)
United Kingdom
West Bath:
13.5% (5)
Maine:
7.8% (2,856)
Germany
West Bath:
10.8% (4)
Maine:
5.9% (2,150)
Korea
West Bath:
10.8% (4)
Maine:
1.5% (565)
Other Northern Europe
West Bath:
8.1% (3)
Maine:
1.2% (450)
Ireland
West Bath:
5.4% (2)
Maine:
1.2% (446)
Netherlands
West Bath:
5.4% (2)
Maine:
0.9% (335)
Japan
West Bath:
5.4% (2)
Maine:
1.3% (486)
Vietnam
West Bath:
5.4% (2)
Maine:
2.5% (909)
Cuba
West Bath:
5.4% (2)
Maine:
0.2% (84)
Bolivia
West Bath:
5.4% (2)
Maine:
0.1% (30)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 1,169
Other state: 569
Northeast: 335
Midwest: 100
South: 74
West: 60
65% of West Bath residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Maine.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 2
7th and 8th grade: 11
9th grade: 11
10th grade: 17
11th grade: 8
12th grade, no diploma: 31
High school graduate (or equivalency): 208
Less than 1 year of college: 33
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 67
Associate degree: 42
Bachelor's degree: 115
Master's degree: 61
Professional school degree: 22
Doctorate degree: 4
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 3
7th and 8th grade: 7
9th grade: 8
10th grade: 4
11th grade: 3
12th grade, no diploma: 12
High school graduate (or equivalency): 270
Less than 1 year of college: 46
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 90
Associate degree: 66
Bachelor's degree: 91
Master's degree: 40
Professional school degree: 4
Doctorate degree: 8
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 813
One, attached: 12
Two: 18
3 or 4: 6
5 to 9: 2
10 to 19: 4
20 to 49: 44
50 or more: 2
Mobile homes: 84
Median worth of mobile homes: $154,764
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.7%