Batavia vs Fairfield

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (9,438 vs 635 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($54,432 vs $48,302 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $104,400 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Fairfield
Population	635	9,438
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,432	$48,302
Median home value	$104,400	$152,900
Median gross rent	$1,021	$864
Housing units	304	4,736
Homeownership rate	83.5%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Fairfield
Population	724 → 635 (-12.3%)	10,290 → 9,438 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $54,432 (+18.0%)	$40,920 → $48,302 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $104,400 (+68.4%)	$114,200 → $152,900 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $1,021 (+65.5%)	$681 → $864 (+26.9%)

Batavia

Population

724635

Median household income

$46,146$54,432

Median home value

$62,000$104,400

Median gross rent

$617$1,021

Fairfield

Population

10,2909,438

Median household income

$40,920$48,302

Median home value

$114,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$681$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Fairfield
Under 5	7.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	23.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.8%
75 and over	2.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Fairfield
No high school diploma	14.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Fairfield
Drove alone	88.5%	56.8%
Carpooled	0.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	25.4%
Other means	1.6%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	82.6%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Fairfield
Poverty rate	13.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	12
Median year structure built	1938	1965