Batchtown vs Brussels

A side-by-side comparison of Batchtown and Brussels: population, income, housing, and more.

Batchtown and Brussels are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Batchtown has the higher population (178 vs 136 in Brussels). Batchtown has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $56,250 in Brussels). Batchtown has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $126,300 in Brussels).

Population, income & housing

	Batchtown	Brussels
Population	178	136
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$56,250
Median home value	$137,500	$126,300
Housing units	81	69
Homeownership rate	94.6%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batchtown	Brussels
Population	185 → 178 (-3.8%)	132 → 136 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $58,750 (-25.4%)	$61,250 → $56,250 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $137,500 (+8.8%)	$101,600 → $126,300 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$610 → $1,075 (+76.2%)

Batchtown

Population

185178

Median household income

$78,750$58,750

Median home value

$126,400$137,500

Brussels

Population

132136

Median household income

$61,250$56,250

Median home value

$101,600$126,300

Median gross rent

$610$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batchtown	Brussels
Under 5	5.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	26.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	21.3%
45 to 54	2.2%	23.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	5.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.9%
75 and over	12.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batchtown	Brussels
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.3%
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	4.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batchtown	Brussels
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	41.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batchtown	Brussels
Drove alone	73.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batchtown	Brussels
1-unit, detached	91.4%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	29.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Batchtown	Brussels
Poverty rate	10.8%	17.6%
Average household size	3.18	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	64	43
Median year structure built	1973	1957