Batavia vs Bethel

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

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

Batavia has the higher population (2,706 vs 2,639 in Bethel). Batavia has the higher median household income ($58,911 vs $42,961 in Bethel). Batavia has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $142,700 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Bethel
Population	2,706	2,639
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,911	$42,961
Median home value	$191,200	$142,700
Median gross rent	$903	$692
Housing units	937	1,244
Homeownership rate	57.1%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Bethel
Population	1,987 → 2,706 (+36.2%)	2,783 → 2,639 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$47,857 → $58,911 (+23.1%)	$38,179 → $42,961 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$132,200 → $191,200 (+44.6%)	$95,900 → $142,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $903 (+32.2%)	$629 → $692 (+10.0%)

Batavia

Population

1,9872,706

Median household income

$47,857$58,911

Median home value

$132,200$191,200

Median gross rent

$683$903

Bethel

Population

2,7832,639

Median household income

$38,179$42,961

Median home value

$95,900$142,700

Median gross rent

$629$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Bethel
Under 5	3.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	17.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.9%
75 and over	6.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Bethel
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Bethel
No high school diploma	17.7%	17.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	49.9%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Bethel
Drove alone	76.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	16.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Bethel
1-unit, detached	69.3%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	24.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Bethel
Poverty rate	20.7%	20.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1952	1960