Batavia vs Gibbsville

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

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

Gibbsville has the higher population (557 vs 242 in Batavia). Gibbsville has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $88,682 in Batavia). Gibbsville has the higher median home value ($256,300 vs $228,900 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Gibbsville
Population	242	557
Median age	47.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,682	$110,000
Median home value	$228,900	$256,300
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	146	192
Homeownership rate	95.2%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Gibbsville
Population	237 → 242 (+2.1%)	435 → 557 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$76,183 → $88,682 (+16.4%)	$74,271 → $110,000 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$186,600 → $228,900 (+22.7%)	$160,000 → $256,300 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $817 (+37.1%)	$1,283 → $1,156 (-9.9%)

Batavia

Population

237242

Median household income

$76,183$88,682

Median home value

$186,600$228,900

Median gross rent

$596$817

Gibbsville

Population

435557

Median household income

$74,271$110,000

Median home value

$160,000$256,300

Median gross rent

$1,283$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Gibbsville
Under 5	7.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	7.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	4.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	2.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	36.8%	18.9%
55 to 64	26.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	5.7%
75 and over	6.6%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Gibbsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Gibbsville
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	58.6%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Gibbsville
Drove alone	84.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Gibbsville
1-unit, detached	89.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Gibbsville
Poverty rate	3.3%	8.0%
Average household size	1.66	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1938	1974