Batavia vs Montgomery

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

Batavia and Montgomery 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 21,205 in Montgomery). Batavia has the higher median household income ($119,167 vs $96,985 in Montgomery). Batavia has the higher median home value ($358,000 vs $270,700 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Montgomery
Population	26,730	21,205
Median age	41.2 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$96,985
Median home value	$358,000	$270,700
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,897
Housing units	10,610	7,452
Homeownership rate	77.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Montgomery
Population	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)	19,213 → 21,205 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)	$98,050 → $96,985 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)	$221,500 → $270,700 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)	$1,177 → $1,897 (+61.2%)

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

Montgomery

Population

19,21321,205

Median household income

$98,050$96,985

Median home value

$221,500$270,700

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Montgomery
Under 5	6.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.3%
75 and over	9.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	57.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Montgomery
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	14.2%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Montgomery
Drove alone	67.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.2%
Public transit	2.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.2%	10.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	68.2%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Montgomery
Poverty rate	5.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1985	2003