Batavia vs Le Roy

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

Batavia and Le Roy 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 4,310 in Le Roy). Le Roy has the higher median household income ($64,338 vs $57,150 in Batavia). Le Roy has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $139,700 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Le Roy
Population	15,494	4,310
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,150	$64,338
Median home value	$139,700	$143,400
Median gross rent	$897	$904
Housing units	7,846	2,309
Homeownership rate	54.5%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Le Roy
Population	14,578 → 15,494 (+6.3%)	4,224 → 4,310 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$47,712 → $57,150 (+19.8%)	$54,846 → $64,338 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $139,700 (+44.2%)	$104,900 → $143,400 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $897 (+22.5%)	$660 → $904 (+37.0%)

Batavia

Population

14,57815,494

Median household income

$47,712$57,150

Median home value

$96,900$139,700

Median gross rent

$732$897

Le Roy

Population

4,2244,310

Median household income

$54,846$64,338

Median home value

$104,900$143,400

Median gross rent

$660$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Le Roy
Under 5	3.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.6%
75 and over	9.6%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Le Roy
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
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%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Le Roy
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	35.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Le Roy
Drove alone	77.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.2%
Other means	1.2%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Le Roy
1-unit, detached	51.4%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	31.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	23.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Le Roy
Poverty rate	12.8%	13.2%
Average household size	1.99	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1946	1940