Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Batavia has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 1% work in Batavia; the top destination outside it is Plymouth (9%, 11 miles). Employers in Batavia report 28 jobs, and 95 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Batavia by day and by night
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Batavia on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Batavia work
Where Batavia clocks in
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Batavia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batavia, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 28. 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.
Commuting from Batavia: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batavia workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
How far it is to work from Batavia
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.
Around Batavia: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Batavia’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$91,199 (±$585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batavia?
3.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batavia?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batavia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (9%, 11 mi), Sheboygan (7%, 19 mi), Kohler (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Batavia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.