Batavia vs Geneva

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

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

Batavia has the higher population (26,730 vs 21,299 in Geneva). Geneva has the higher median household income ($136,621 vs $119,167 in Batavia). Geneva has the higher median home value ($415,800 vs $358,000 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Geneva
Population	26,730	21,299
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$136,621
Median home value	$358,000	$415,800
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,805
Housing units	10,610	8,457
Homeownership rate	77.7%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	63.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Geneva
Population	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)	21,888 → 21,299 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)	$111,916 → $136,621 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)	$338,300 → $415,800 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)	$1,510 → $1,805 (+19.5%)

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

Geneva

Population

21,88821,299

Median household income

$111,916$136,621

Median home value

$338,300$415,800

Median gross rent

$1,510$1,805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Geneva
Under 5	6.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.5%
75 and over	9.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	82.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Geneva
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	14.2%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Geneva
Drove alone	67.8%	65.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.5%
Public transit	2.0%	5.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.2%	21.4%
Other means	1.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Geneva
1-unit, detached	68.2%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Geneva
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1985	1986