Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 35,974, settled in 1833.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Batavia Township grades A− overall, 213th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The median household earns $132K. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $386K, 4.2 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 55% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Batavia Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only 126 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Batavia Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 85% of U.S. towns.
Where Batavia Township beats most towns.
Where Batavia Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Batavia Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,622 in 1860, 26,098 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and 6 maps from 1932 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Batavia Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw38 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw36 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Batavia Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Batavia Township.
Batavia Township has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and has household incomes well above the Illinois norm.
17 miles of trail in 37 parks and preserves. Batavia Township’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Dick Young Forest Preserve, 169 acres with 2 miles of trail.
| Batavia Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dick Young Forest Preserve | 2 mi | 169 |
| 2. Red Oak Nature Center | 1.5 mi | 37 |
| 3. Big Woods Park | 0.9 mi | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Batavia USD 101. Three of its 18 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Rotolo Middle SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,080 | A− |
| Batavia Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,690 | A |
| Louise White Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 440 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.5% of its 19,121 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide.
11% of Batavia Township adults report frequent physical distress. Batavia Township beats the Illinois average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 9.1% of Batavia Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Batavia Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Batavia Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Batavia Township for work: only 10% work in town. 23% of workers work from home in Batavia Township. Since 2013, Batavia Township has added 2,200 jobs, to 12,971 in 2023.
| Batavia Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 23% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $132,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Batavia Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Batavia Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
9 within 15 miles of the center of Batavia Township
About 5 of every 100 Batavia Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
City in the United States
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. Ch…
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5 towns share a border with Batavia Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia Township | #213 | A− | C− | — | B | A |
| Geneva Township | #68 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Aurora Township | #541 | C+ | C+ | — | C | B |
| Blackberry Township | #259 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Batavia | #97 | A | C− | B+ | A− | A |
| North Aurora | #406 | B | C− | — | C+ | A |
Batavia Township, Geneva Township, Aurora Township, Blackberry Township and North Aurora report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Batavia Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Batavia Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #213 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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