Alpena vs Batavia

A side-by-side comparison of Alpena and Batavia: population, income, housing, and more.

Alpena and Batavia are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Batavia has the higher population (444 vs 429 in Alpena). Batavia has the higher median household income ($64,107 vs $47,500 in Alpena). Batavia has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $102,500 in Alpena).

Population, income & housing

	Alpena	Batavia
Population	429	444
Median age	34.7 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$64,107
Median home value	$102,500	$216,400
Median gross rent	$765	$817
Housing units	160	162
Homeownership rate	58.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpena	Batavia
Population	309 → 429 (+38.8%)	463 → 444 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $47,500 (+38.2%)	—
Median home value	$68,100 → $102,500 (+50.5%)	$210,500 → $216,400 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $765 (+31.2%)	$719 → $817 (+13.6%)

Alpena

Population

309429

Median household income

$34,375$47,500

Median home value

$68,100$102,500

Median gross rent

$583$765

Batavia

Population

463444

Median home value

$210,500$216,400

Median gross rent

$719$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpena	Batavia
Under 5	2.3%	16.4%
5 to 17	30.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	0.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	0.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	24.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	5.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	24.3%
75 and over	2.8%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpena	Batavia
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpena	Batavia
No high school diploma	17.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	54.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpena	Batavia
Drove alone	74.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	11.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	33.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpena	Batavia
1-unit, detached	66.9%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpena	Batavia
Poverty rate	15.7%	26.6%
Average household size	3.15	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1976	1995