In Bath County, jobs in the other specialty trade contractors pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the other specialty trade contractors industry had the highest average wages in Bath County for 2006. The average industry job in Bath County received an annual wage of $43,208 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage rate in Virginia of $36,193 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $39,240.

Other high-paying jobs in Bath County, Virginia exsists in residential building construction ($27,739), legal services ($23,163), building finishing contractors ($20,571) and building equipment contractors ($17,844) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Bath County Wages have decreased by ( 7.5%) Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have decreased in Bath County, Virginia by a total of ( 7.5%). This is less than the growth in industry wages for Virginia and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Bath County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

From the 6 4-digit NAICS industries, 1 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 5 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Bath County, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 229 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Bath County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Residential building construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 58 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 52.3 percent of the total employment growth in Bath County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Residential building construction (58 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Bath County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Private households industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 9 jobs. The declines in the Private households industry make up 103.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bath County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (9 jobs lost)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (128 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (101 jobs lost)
4. Special food services (67 jobs lost)
5. Building finishing contractors (63 jobs lost)

Bath County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 310.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Bath County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Virginia, where the industry took a gain of 41.5 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Bath County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 30.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (310.7 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (210.3 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (122.6 percent gain)
4. Building finishing contractors (37.5 percent gain)
5. Legal services (13.8 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 12.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Virginia, which went through a gain of 5.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Bath County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 23.3 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Virginia, where the industry reported a loss of 5.6 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Bath County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 19.8 in percent of jobs in the Private households industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Private households (23.3 percent decline)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Bath County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Bath County

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 5 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 66.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bath County, Virginia.

Top 3 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (5 jobs lost)
2. Building finishing contractors (1 jobs lost)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (5 jobs lost)

In Bath County, Virginia, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 39 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Of the 7 4-digit NAICS industries, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 3 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Bath County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Residential building construction industry has grown the most with 32 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 86.5 percent of the total growth in Bath County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Residential building construction (32 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (4 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (12 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (11 new jobs)

Bath County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 27.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Virginia, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 0.8 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Bath County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 3.1 in percent of workers in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (27.6 percent decline)
2. Building finishing contractors (5.7 percent decline)
3. Private households (2.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.8 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Virginia, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Bath County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 71.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Bath County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Virginia, where this industry saw a gain of 4.5 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Bath County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Residential building construction (71.6 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (13.9 percent gain)
3. Legal services (10.0 percent gain)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Bath County, Virginia

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Bath County, Virginia may be understood as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 7.8 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 100 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Bath County, with 17.7 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

In Bath County, Virginia White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,608 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.9 percent less than the median in 2000. Hispanic Householders in Bath County, Virginia , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $234,001, which is 471.2 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 19.9 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $49,098.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Bath County reported a medium-high median income for all households of $40,965 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 33.3 percent lower than the median in Virginia of $54,612 and the income level is 19.9 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Bath County, Virginia

In Bath County, Virginia according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 12 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 33.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Bath County, Virginia is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 11.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Bath has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Bath County, Virginia, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 43.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Bath have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.2 percent (Men) versus 13.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Bath County, Virginia

In terms of total land area, Bath covers a total land area of 532 square miles. The county has a very low average area density of 9 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Routt, CO (9 per sq. mile ), Pend Oreille, WA (9 per sq. mile ), Wilkin, MN (9 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Luna, NM (9 per sq. mile ), Pawnee, KS (9 per sq. mile ), Calhoun, AR (9 per sq. mile ).

Bath County, Virginia had an estimated population of 4,937 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 5,042. The decline signifies a decrease of -2.1 percent. Bath ranks 104 of 134 counties in terms of population growth in Virginia and the county ranks 2,138 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Bath County, Virginia has a population that is comprised of 91.6 percent White, 7.1 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 0.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 8.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Virginia percent of 30. Since 2000, Bath has increased the percent of minority makeup when 7.4 percent of the total population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Bath County, Virginia to be 44.1 years old. The median age in Bath is greater than the median age in the State of Virginia of 37.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 42.0 years of age. With 18.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Bath can be described as being made up of a relatively low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.2 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 19.4 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Since 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to Bath internationally. The international migration into Bath makes up 0.1 percent of all immigration into Virginia. This percent of immigration can be considered high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Bath County, Virginia

The State of Virginia, Bath County ranks 77 of 134 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,092 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Bath County, Virginia. In 2000, 78 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Bath County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $79,700, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the Virginia 2000 home median value of $125,400 and less than home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In Bath County, there were a total of 3,072 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 115 residential structures since 2001, a change of 3.9 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau