Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Batavia (12.3%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Batavia grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 5% work in Batavia itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (13%, 18 miles). Measured by household income, Batavia is behind 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Batavia: the figures worth knowing
Batavia is where the jobs are
Batavia has 2,560 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,700 people are in town, 79% more than the 2,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Batavia workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 940 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Batavia’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Batavia is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Batavia’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Batavia could be anywhere from D to B.
How a workday changes Batavia
On a workday 889 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 2,509 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Batavia on a workday afternoon, 79% more than live here.
2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Batavia: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batavia workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 875 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Batavia’s workers come from
Where Batavia clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
69% of the jobs in Batavia pay over $3,333 a month
2,560 jobs are based in Batavia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batavia, 2013 → 2023: 2,325 → 2,560. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batavia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Batavia works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Batavia
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Batavia is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 8.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 967 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Batavia households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Batavia’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,173rd of 5,793: where Batavia ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,171 | Neave Township OH | 2,199 | $52K | 16.5% | 4.6% | 2% | C− |
| 4,172 | New Miami OH | 2,287 | $43K | 26.0% | 18.1% | <1% | C− |
| 4,173 | Batavia OH | 2,041 | $61K | 18.9% | 12.3% | 5% | C− |
| 4,174 | Dayton Township MI | 1,901 | $70K | 12.0% | 8.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,175 | Akron CO | 1,725 | $57K | 7.5% | 1.9% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Batavia, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Batavia: questions
What is the median household income in Batavia?
$60,984 (±$12,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batavia?
18.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batavia?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batavia work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (13%, 18 mi), Batavia Township (7%, 1 mi), Union Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Batavia walkable?
Batavia is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Batavia without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Batavia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batavia
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.