Batavia vs North Aurora

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

Batavia and North Aurora 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 18,375 in North Aurora). Batavia has the higher median household income ($119,167 vs $111,781 in North Aurora). Batavia has the higher median home value ($358,000 vs $323,900 in North Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	North Aurora
Population	26,730	18,375
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$111,781
Median home value	$358,000	$323,900
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,596
Housing units	10,610	7,205
Homeownership rate	77.7%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	North Aurora
Population	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)	17,752 → 18,375 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)	$86,537 → $111,781 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)	$246,800 → $323,900 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)	$1,172 → $1,596 (+36.2%)

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

North Aurora

Population

17,75218,375

Median household income

$86,537$111,781

Median home value

$246,800$323,900

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	North Aurora
Under 5	6.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.5%
75 and over	9.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	North Aurora
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	69.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	North Aurora
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	14.2%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	North Aurora
Drove alone	67.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.8%
Public transit	2.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	21.2%	17.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	North Aurora
1-unit, detached	68.2%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	9.7%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	North Aurora
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1985	1998