Batavia vs Packwood

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

Batavia and Packwood 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 484 in Packwood). Batavia has the higher median household income ($54,432 vs $43,750 in Packwood). Batavia has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $79,100 in Packwood).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Packwood
Population	635	484
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,432	$43,750
Median home value	$104,400	$79,100
Median gross rent	$1,021	$750
Housing units	304	154
Homeownership rate	83.5%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Packwood
Population	724 → 635 (-12.3%)	286 → 484 (+69.2%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $54,432 (+18.0%)	$53,958 → $43,750 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $104,400 (+68.4%)	$84,200 → $79,100 (-6.1%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $1,021 (+65.5%)	$383 → $750 (+95.8%)

Batavia

Population

724635

Median household income

$46,146$54,432

Median home value

$62,000$104,400

Median gross rent

$617$1,021

Packwood

Population

286484

Median household income

$53,958$43,750

Median home value

$84,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$383$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Packwood
Under 5	7.4%	16.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	1.9%	1.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	23.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.0%
75 and over	2.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Packwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Packwood
No high school diploma	14.3%	19.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Packwood
Drove alone	88.5%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Packwood
1-unit, detached	82.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Packwood
Poverty rate	13.4%	1.0%
Average household size	2.28	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1938	1963