Batavia vs Diamond City

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

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

Diamond City has the higher population (831 vs 444 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($64,107 vs $42,083 in Diamond City). Batavia has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $96,100 in Diamond City).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Diamond City
Population	444	831
Median age	51.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,107	$42,083
Median home value	$216,400	$96,100
Median gross rent	$817	$825
Housing units	162	521
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Diamond City
Population	463 → 444 (-4.1%)	1,020 → 831 (-18.5%)
Median household income	—	$27,250 → $42,083 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $216,400 (+2.8%)	$84,700 → $96,100 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $817 (+13.6%)	$438 → $825 (+88.4%)

Batavia

Population

463444

Median home value

$210,500$216,400

Median gross rent

$719$817

Diamond City

Population

1,020831

Median household income

$27,250$42,083

Median home value

$84,700$96,100

Median gross rent

$438$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Diamond City
Under 5	16.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	0.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	0.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	24.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	5.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	24.3%	12.3%
75 and over	15.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Diamond City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Diamond City
No high school diploma	11.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Diamond City
Drove alone	66.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Diamond City
1-unit, detached	82.1%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Diamond City
Poverty rate	26.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.98	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1995	1978