Batavia vs Carpentersville

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

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

Carpentersville has the higher population (37,544 vs 26,730 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($119,167 vs $86,327 in Carpentersville). Batavia has the higher median home value ($358,000 vs $225,200 in Carpentersville).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Carpentersville
Population	26,730	37,544
Median age	41.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$86,327
Median home value	$358,000	$225,200
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,420
Housing units	10,610	12,023
Homeownership rate	77.7%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Carpentersville
Population	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)	37,872 → 37,544 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)	$68,997 → $86,327 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)	$171,600 → $225,200 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)	$1,161 → $1,420 (+22.3%)

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

Carpentersville

Population

37,87237,544

Median household income

$68,997$86,327

Median home value

$171,600$225,200

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Carpentersville
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.0%
75 and over	9.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Carpentersville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	32.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	56.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Carpentersville
No high school diploma	3.3%	23.7%
High school graduate	14.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Carpentersville
Drove alone	67.8%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.4%
Public transit	2.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	8.9%
Other means	1.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Carpentersville
1-unit, detached	68.2%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Carpentersville
Poverty rate	5.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.57	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1985	1977