Batavia vs South Elgin

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

Batavia and South Elgin 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 23,984 in South Elgin). South Elgin has the higher median household income ($123,744 vs $119,167 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median home value ($358,000 vs $296,100 in South Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	South Elgin
Population	26,730	23,984
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$123,744
Median home value	$358,000	$296,100
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,619
Housing units	10,610	8,614
Homeownership rate	77.7%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	South Elgin
Population	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)	23,039 → 23,984 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)	$99,451 → $123,744 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)	$235,500 → $296,100 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)	$1,415 → $1,619 (+14.4%)

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

South Elgin

Population

23,03923,984

Median household income

$99,451$123,744

Median home value

$235,500$296,100

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	South Elgin
Under 5	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	19.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.7%
75 and over	9.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	South Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	56.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	South Elgin
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	14.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	South Elgin
Drove alone	67.8%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.3%
Public transit	2.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	13.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	South Elgin
1-unit, detached	68.2%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	9.7%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	South Elgin
Poverty rate	5.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1985	1996