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Bath is a tiny town of 391 people in Beaufort County, North Carolina. It's about 33 miles from Greenville, NC and 100 miles from Virginia Beach, VA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $382k and rent runs about $1k a month.
391people
$382kTypical home
$1,146/moRent
89° / 53°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 391
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,095 people per sq mi
- 100 mi to Virginia Beach, VA
- 33 mi to Greenville, NC
- 30 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $382k (≈$2,411/mo)
- Median rent $1,146/mo
- Median household income $104k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 70°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (324 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,674 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 28% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 31% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to EWN airport
- 104 mi to ORF (major hub)
- 64 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 7 ft
- Right on the coast
- 85 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 142 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 34 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Beaufort County: R+31 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk