Batavia vs Maharishi Vedic City

A side-by-side comparison of Batavia and Maharishi Vedic City: population, income, housing, and more.

Batavia and Maharishi Vedic City 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 233 in Maharishi Vedic City). Maharishi Vedic City has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $54,432 in Batavia). Maharishi Vedic City has the higher median home value ($328,600 vs $104,400 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
Population	635	233
Median age	36.3 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,432	$62,813
Median home value	$104,400	$328,600
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,101
Housing units	304	166
Homeownership rate	83.5%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	79.3%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
Population	724 → 635 (-12.3%)	544 → 233 (-57.2%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $54,432 (+18.0%)	$42,321 → $62,813 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $104,400 (+68.4%)	$243,800 → $328,600 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $1,021 (+65.5%)	$930 → $1,101 (+18.4%)

Batavia

Population

724635

Median household income

$46,146$54,432

Median home value

$62,000$104,400

Median gross rent

$617$1,021

Maharishi Vedic City

Population

544233

Median household income

$42,321$62,813

Median home value

$243,800$328,600

Median gross rent

$930$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
Under 5	7.4%	0.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	3.4%
18 to 24	1.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	0.4%
55 to 64	23.8%	5.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	54.1%
75 and over	2.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
No high school diploma	14.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	45.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	33.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
Drove alone	88.5%	52.6%
Carpooled	0.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	42.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
1-unit, detached	82.6%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	49.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Maharishi Vedic City
Poverty rate	13.4%	13.0%
Average household size	2.28	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1938	2001