Aurora vs Batavia

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (179,867 vs 26,730 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($119,167 vs $90,109 in Aurora). Batavia has the higher median home value ($358,000 vs $260,400 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Batavia
Population	179,867	26,730
Median age	35.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,109	$119,167
Median home value	$260,400	$358,000
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,255
Housing units	63,492	10,610
Homeownership rate	66.8%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Batavia
Population	199,927 → 179,867 (-10.0%)	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$71,749 → $90,109 (+25.6%)	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$184,400 → $260,400 (+41.2%)	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,535 (+25.0%)	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)

Aurora

Population

199,927179,867

Median household income

$71,749$90,109

Median home value

$184,400$260,400

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,535

Batavia

Population

26,25026,730

Median household income

$93,789$119,167

Median home value

$304,400$358,000

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Batavia
Under 5	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.8%
75 and over	3.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Batavia
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	10.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.8%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Batavia
No high school diploma	17.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	21.0%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Batavia
Drove alone	67.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	6.8%
Public transit	3.6%	2.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.5%	21.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Batavia
1-unit, detached	58.0%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Batavia
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1986	1985