Bath, New York.
. Corning, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Bath, Steuben County, New York
Bath is a village of 5,571 people in Steuben County. Half its households earn more than $47,150 a year and half less, against $65,887 across Steuben County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 61% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 39% are rented. Unemployment in Steuben County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 village in Steuben County, and its people are older on average than across the country. Incomes here run well below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than most would expect. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and highs staying close to freezing, while July brings warm days.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with restaurants, hotels, shops and manufacturing also employing a good number. Among the largest workplaces in Bath are the Veterans Health Administration and the Bath Central School District. Unemployment across Steuben County has crept up slightly over the past year, and the county has a few fewer jobs than it did the year before. Commutes are fairly short, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is a short drive away, and Keuka Inlet, a river, is close by as well. Those who don't mind a longer drive can reach Keuka Lake, and Watkins Glen State Park, a protected area with a well-known gorge, is also a longer drive from town.
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- 2,995households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Steuben County had 34,483 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 56°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bath weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bath
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs676
- Bath Central School DistrictSchool district293FTE
- Tops MarketsGrocery stores97
- BathMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 117 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) and school districts 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
- 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, very 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 Steuben County and the Corning, NY 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Bath listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Bath34.46%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bath31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bath12
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.