Bath, Maine.
Typical home $375,365 (+0.9% in a year), asking rent $1,986 . Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,208 (+159%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,444 +1%
- $371,921$375,365 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $93,305 +33%
- $282,060$375,365 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bath$1,970
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Bath, ME rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine
Bath is a city of 8,766 people in Sagadahoc County. Half its households earn more than $69,390 a year and half less, against $87,806 across Sagadahoc County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 64% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Bath was 2.7% in August 2026, and Sagadahoc County had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bath is a small city on the Kennebec River in Sagadahoc County, with a population that skews older than much of the country. Incomes run below the county's, and more homes are lived in by their owners than rented, though renting is a real part of the town too. Winters are cold and very snowy, summers are mild and warm, and rain and melted snow fall through the year. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, professional and business services, and manufacturing. Shipbuilding is a long-standing part of the town's working life, and among the largest workplaces in Bath are the local school district, Shaws Supermarkets and the Maine Maritime Museum. Commutes are of moderate length, and a noticeable number of people work from home.
Things to do. The Maine Maritime Museum is a short drive away and is the natural first stop for anyone curious about the area's seafaring past. Bowdoin College Museum of Art and the Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum are also a short drive away. For a longer outing, Popham Beach State Park is a longer drive away and offers a protected stretch of coast.
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- 4,335households
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 19%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sagadahoc County had 17,054 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 57°. About 72 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bath weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bath
- RSU 01 - Lkrsu SchoolsSchool district357FTE
- Shaws SupermarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores137
- Lockheed Martin Corporation US ME Bath SUPSHIP Washgtn St (1198)Aeronautical systems and instruments manufacturing42
- Serco - BathShip building and repairing38
- Maine Maritime MuseumMuseums35
- Catholic Charities MaineDentists' offices21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 273 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bath’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sagadahoc County and the Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
Bath home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bath$375,365
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Bath listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Bath21.75%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bath32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bath17
Zip codes with a Bath address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bath — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.