Batavia vs Lockridge

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

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

Batavia has the higher population (635 vs 383 in Lockridge). Lockridge has the higher median household income ($93,929 vs $54,432 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $79,700 in Lockridge).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Lockridge
Population	635	383
Median age	36.3 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,432	$93,929
Median home value	$104,400	$79,700
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,102
Housing units	304	183
Homeownership rate	83.5%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Lockridge
Population	724 → 635 (-12.3%)	442 → 383 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $54,432 (+18.0%)	$47,500 → $93,929 (+97.7%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $104,400 (+68.4%)	$60,000 → $79,700 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $1,021 (+65.5%)	$672 → $1,102 (+64.0%)

Batavia

Population

724635

Median household income

$46,146$54,432

Median home value

$62,000$104,400

Median gross rent

$617$1,021

Lockridge

Population

442383

Median household income

$47,500$93,929

Median home value

$60,000$79,700

Median gross rent

$672$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Lockridge
Under 5	7.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	15.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	23.8%	30.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.6%
75 and over	2.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Lockridge
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Lockridge
No high school diploma	14.3%	25.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Lockridge
Drove alone	88.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Lockridge
1-unit, detached	82.6%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Lockridge
Poverty rate	13.4%	2.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1938	1979