Batavia vs Valley Springs

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

Batavia and Valley Springs 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 198 in Valley Springs). Valley Springs has the higher median household income ($69,141 vs $64,107 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $102,300 in Valley Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Valley Springs
Population	444	198
Median age	51.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,107	$69,141
Median home value	$216,400	$102,300
Median gross rent	$817	$813
Housing units	162	83
Homeownership rate	73.2%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Valley Springs
Population	463 → 444 (-4.1%)	231 → 198 (-14.3%)
Median household income	—	$49,531 → $69,141 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $216,400 (+2.8%)	$81,000 → $102,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $817 (+13.6%)	$640 → $813 (+27.0%)

Batavia

Population

463444

Median home value

$210,500$216,400

Median gross rent

$719$817

Valley Springs

Population

231198

Median household income

$49,531$69,141

Median home value

$81,000$102,300

Median gross rent

$640$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Valley Springs
Under 5	16.4%	12.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	0.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	0.7%	20.2%
45 to 54	24.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	5.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	24.3%	6.1%
75 and over	15.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Valley Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Valley Springs
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Valley Springs
Drove alone	66.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Valley Springs
1-unit, detached	82.1%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	0.0%
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	8.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Valley Springs
Poverty rate	26.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	1995	1974