Batavia vs Harrison

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

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

Harrison has the higher population (13,217 vs 444 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($64,107 vs $40,568 in Harrison). Batavia has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $165,000 in Harrison).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Harrison
Population	444	13,217
Median age	51.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,107	$40,568
Median home value	$216,400	$165,000
Median gross rent	$817	$703
Housing units	162	6,553
Homeownership rate	73.2%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Harrison
Population	463 → 444 (-4.1%)	13,063 → 13,217 (+1.2%)
Median household income	—	$40,271 → $40,568 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $216,400 (+2.8%)	$117,900 → $165,000 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $817 (+13.6%)	$620 → $703 (+13.4%)

Batavia

Population

463444

Median home value

$210,500$216,400

Median gross rent

$719$817

Harrison

Population

13,06313,217

Median household income

$40,271$40,568

Median home value

$117,900$165,000

Median gross rent

$620$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Harrison
Under 5	16.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	0.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	0.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	24.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	5.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	24.3%	10.9%
75 and over	15.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Harrison
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Harrison
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Harrison
Drove alone	66.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	33.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Harrison
1-unit, detached	82.1%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Harrison
Poverty rate	26.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.98	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	38	14
Median year structure built	1995	1979