Batavia vs Oakfield

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

Batavia and Oakfield 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 1,683 in Oakfield). Oakfield has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $57,150 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $131,200 in Oakfield).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Oakfield
Population	15,494	1,683
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,150	$65,833
Median home value	$139,700	$131,200
Median gross rent	$897	$720
Housing units	7,846	635
Homeownership rate	54.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Oakfield
Population	14,578 → 15,494 (+6.3%)	1,718 → 1,683 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$47,712 → $57,150 (+19.8%)	$52,750 → $65,833 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $139,700 (+44.2%)	$92,200 → $131,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $897 (+22.5%)	$745 → $720 (-3.4%)

Batavia

Population

14,57815,494

Median household income

$47,712$57,150

Median home value

$96,900$139,700

Median gross rent

$732$897

Oakfield

Population

1,7181,683

Median household income

$52,750$65,833

Median home value

$92,200$131,200

Median gross rent

$745$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Oakfield
Under 5	3.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.3%
75 and over	9.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	80.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Oakfield
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Oakfield
Drove alone	77.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.2%	10.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	51.4%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	31.9%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Oakfield
Poverty rate	12.8%	14.5%
Average household size	1.99	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1946	1938