Batavia vs Somers

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

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

Somers has the higher population (1,181 vs 740 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($61,346 vs $56,501 in Somers). Somers has the higher median home value ($477,300 vs $310,000 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Somers
Population	740	1,181
Median age	39.5 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,346	$56,501
Median home value	$310,000	$477,300
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,129
Housing units	260	709
Homeownership rate	80.8%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Somers
Population	436 → 740 (+69.7%)	1,095 → 1,181 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$45,909 → $61,346 (+33.6%)	$76,016 → $56,501 (-25.7%)
Median home value	$229,700 → $310,000 (+35.0%)	$218,400 → $477,300 (+118.5%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,152 (+37.5%)	$905 → $1,129 (+24.8%)

Batavia

Population

436740

Median household income

$45,909$61,346

Median home value

$229,700$310,000

Median gross rent

$838$1,152

Somers

Population

1,0951,181

Median household income

$76,016$56,501

Median home value

$218,400$477,300

Median gross rent

$905$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Somers
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	2.8%	1.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.8%
35 to 44	32.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	1.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	40.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	22.6%
75 and over	1.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Somers
No high school diploma	2.0%	23.1%
High school graduate	42.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Somers
Drove alone	67.0%	45.9%
Carpooled	13.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	54.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Somers
1-unit, detached	59.6%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Somers
Poverty rate	17.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.85	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1979	1980