Batchtown vs Hardin

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

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

Hardin has the higher population (792 vs 178 in Batchtown). Hardin has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $58,750 in Batchtown). Batchtown has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $90,500 in Hardin).

Population, income & housing

	Batchtown	Hardin
Population	178	792
Median age	40.2 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$85,417
Median home value	$137,500	$90,500
Median gross rent	—	$417
Housing units	81	359
Homeownership rate	94.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batchtown	Hardin
Population	185 → 178 (-3.8%)	857 → 792 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $58,750 (-25.4%)	$39,063 → $85,417 (+118.7%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $137,500 (+8.8%)	$75,700 → $90,500 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$386 → $417 (+8.0%)

Batchtown

Population

185178

Median household income

$78,750$58,750

Median home value

$126,400$137,500

Hardin

Population

857792

Median household income

$39,063$85,417

Median home value

$75,700$90,500

Median gross rent

$386$417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batchtown	Hardin
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.4%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	2.8%
45 to 54	2.2%	21.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	18.3%
75 and over	12.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batchtown	Hardin
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batchtown	Hardin
No high school diploma	2.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	41.3%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batchtown	Hardin
Drove alone	73.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batchtown	Hardin
1-unit, detached	91.4%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Batchtown	Hardin
Poverty rate	10.8%	17.6%
Average household size	3.18	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	64	52
Median year structure built	1973	1964