Batavia vs St. Charles

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

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

St. Charles has the higher population (32,733 vs 26,730 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($119,167 vs $115,350 in St. Charles). St. Charles has the higher median home value ($369,700 vs $358,000 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	St. Charles
Population	26,730	32,733
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$115,350
Median home value	$358,000	$369,700
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,788
Housing units	10,610	13,780
Homeownership rate	77.7%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	St. Charles
Population	26,250 → 26,730 (+1.8%)	32,686 → 32,733 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$93,789 → $119,167 (+27.1%)	$98,393 → $115,350 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $358,000 (+17.6%)	$293,300 → $369,700 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,255 (+5.7%)	$1,288 → $1,788 (+38.8%)

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

St. Charles

Population

32,68632,733

Median household income

$98,393$115,350

Median home value

$293,300$369,700

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	St. Charles
Under 5	6.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.9%
75 and over	9.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	St. Charles
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	75.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	St. Charles
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	14.2%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	St. Charles
Drove alone	67.8%	72.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.3%
Public transit	2.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.2%	14.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	St. Charles
1-unit, detached	68.2%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	10.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	St. Charles
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1985	1985