Batavia vs Elgin

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

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

Elgin has the higher population (114,106 vs 26,730 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($119,167 vs $88,316 in Elgin). Batavia has the higher median home value ($358,000 vs $252,400 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Elgin
Population	26,730	114,106
Median age	41.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$88,316
Median home value	$358,000	$252,400
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,260
Housing units	10,610	40,111
Homeownership rate	77.7%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Elgin
Population	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)	112,653 → 114,106 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)	$69,041 → $88,316 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)	$186,000 → $252,400 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)	$1,069 → $1,260 (+17.9%)

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

Elgin

Population

112,653114,106

Median household income

$69,041$88,316

Median home value

$186,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Elgin
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.2%
75 and over	9.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	36.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Elgin
No high school diploma	3.3%	18.8%
High school graduate	14.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Elgin
Drove alone	67.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	10.0%
Public transit	2.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.2%	11.6%
Other means	1.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Elgin
1-unit, detached	68.2%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Elgin
Poverty rate	5.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1985	1976