Batavia vs Waldo

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

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

Waldo has the higher population (407 vs 242 in Batavia). Batavia has the higher median household income ($88,682 vs $69,583 in Waldo). Batavia has the higher median home value ($228,900 vs $196,600 in Waldo).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Waldo
Population	242	407
Median age	47.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,682	$69,583
Median home value	$228,900	$196,600
Median gross rent	$817	$950
Housing units	146	161
Homeownership rate	95.2%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Waldo
Population	237 → 242 (+2.1%)	610 → 407 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$76,183 → $88,682 (+16.4%)	$56,042 → $69,583 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$186,600 → $228,900 (+22.7%)	$150,000 → $196,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $817 (+37.1%)	$781 → $950 (+21.6%)

Batavia

Population

237242

Median household income

$76,183$88,682

Median home value

$186,600$228,900

Median gross rent

$596$817

Waldo

Population

610407

Median household income

$56,042$69,583

Median home value

$150,000$196,600

Median gross rent

$781$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Waldo
Under 5	7.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	7.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	2.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	36.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	26.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	11.8%
75 and over	6.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Waldo
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	58.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Waldo
Drove alone	84.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Waldo
1-unit, detached	89.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.2%
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	Waldo
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.8%
Average household size	1.66	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1938	1960