Moving to Batavia, Illinois

About Batavia, Illinois
Batavia

Batavia () is a city mainly in Kane County and partly in DuPage County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in the Chicago metropolitan area, it was founded in 1833 and is the oldest city in Kane County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 26,098.

During the latter part of the 19th century, Batavia, home to six American-style windmill manufacturing companies, became known as "The Windmill City". Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a federal government-sponsored high-energy physics laboratory, where both the bottom quark and the top quark were first detected, is located just east of the city limits.

Batavia is part of a vernacular region known as the Tri-City area, along with St. Charles and Geneva, all western suburbs of similar size and relative socioeconomic condition.

Gender
Gender Batavia Illinois Country
Female 50.9% 50.9% 50.8%
Male 49.1% 49.1% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Batavia Illinois Country
Less than $10,000 3.7% 6.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3.8% 3.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 4.9% 8.1% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 6.3% 8.1% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 5.2% 11.2% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 14.5% 16.7% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 12.5% 12.9% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 20.6% 16.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 11.4% 7.8% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 17.1% 8.8% 8.3%
Education


Education Batavia Illinois Country
< 9th Grade 0% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 4% 6% 7.0%
High School or GED 14% 26% 27.0%
Other College 20% 20% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 34% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 15% 10% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 3% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Batavia Illinois Country
White 83.9% 60.8% 60.1%
African American 3.1% 13.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 2% 5.5% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 1.6% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.6% 2.2% 2.8%
Hispanic 7.7% 17.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity