Batavia vs Pleasant Plain

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

Batavia and Pleasant Plain 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 79 in Pleasant Plain). Pleasant Plain has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $54,432 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $73,800 in Pleasant Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
Population	635	79
Median age	36.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,432	$66,250
Median home value	$104,400	$73,800
Median gross rent	$1,021	—
Housing units	304	41
Homeownership rate	83.5%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
Population	724 → 635 (-12.3%)	87 → 79 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $54,432 (+18.0%)	$53,125 → $66,250 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $104,400 (+68.4%)	$62,500 → $73,800 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $1,021 (+65.5%)	—

Batavia

Population

724635

Median household income

$46,146$54,432

Median home value

$62,000$104,400

Median gross rent

$617$1,021

Pleasant Plain

Population

8779

Median household income

$53,125$66,250

Median home value

$62,500$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
Under 5	7.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	5.1%
45 to 54	5.8%	25.3%
55 to 64	23.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.4%
75 and over	2.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
No high school diploma	14.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
Drove alone	88.5%	62.2%
Carpooled	0.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	31.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
1-unit, detached	82.6%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Pleasant Plain
Poverty rate	13.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.28	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938