Batavia vs Bergen

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

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

Batavia has the higher population (15,494 vs 1,203 in Bergen). Bergen has the higher median household income ($80,521 vs $57,150 in Batavia). Bergen has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $139,700 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Bergen
Population	15,494	1,203
Median age	43.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,150	$80,521
Median home value	$139,700	$159,200
Median gross rent	$897	$918
Housing units	7,846	462
Homeownership rate	54.5%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Bergen
Population	14,578 → 15,494 (+6.3%)	1,135 → 1,203 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$47,712 → $57,150 (+19.8%)	$67,679 → $80,521 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $139,700 (+44.2%)	$114,100 → $159,200 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $897 (+22.5%)	$681 → $918 (+34.8%)

Batavia

Population

14,57815,494

Median household income

$47,712$57,150

Median home value

$96,900$139,700

Median gross rent

$732$897

Bergen

Population

1,1351,203

Median household income

$67,679$80,521

Median home value

$114,100$159,200

Median gross rent

$681$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Bergen
Under 5	3.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	19.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.2%
75 and over	9.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Bergen
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Bergen
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Bergen
Drove alone	77.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	6.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Bergen
1-unit, detached	51.4%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	31.9%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	9.5%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Bergen
Poverty rate	12.8%	15.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1946	1938