City · Genesee County, New York

Batavia, New York

Batavia is a city in Genesee County, New York, part of the Batavia, NY metro area. It has 15,097 residents. Batavia, New York has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,393 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #676 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), public EV charging ports (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), effective property tax rate (high) and hospital quality rating (low).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,393 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #676 of 859 in NY
Population: 15,097 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 2,905.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3604715

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety83#2,666/15,637
Economy27#11,409/15,631
Housing44#8,450/14,977
Health64#5,646/15,609
Healthcare31#10,782/15,650
Environment87#1,982/15,453
Education43#8,994/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,108/15,650
Community53#7,315/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,940/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Batavia, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Genesee County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low9.4×
99/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGenesee County value
Public EV charging ports · high23.6 /10k
97/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGenesee County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100New York 2.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGenesee County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New York 4.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGenesee County value
Hot days · low3 days
90/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGenesee County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100New York 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGenesee County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.1 /1k
2/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauGenesee County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.93%
9/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGenesee County value
Comfortable days · low23.3%
11/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGenesee County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
11/100New York 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGenesee County value
Primary care physicians · low31 /100k
13/100New York 83 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGenesee County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
3.6 /1k (2021) → 0.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−95%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
26.5% (2015-2019) → 11.5% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.4% (2015-2019) → 89.5% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,712 (2015-2019) → $59,446 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
19.0% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Batavia, New York improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Property tax−0.9 points2.82% → 1.93%
Child poverty−15 points26.5% → 11.5%
Poverty−4.8 points19.0% → 14.2%
Broadband+13 points76.4% → 89.5%
Household income+25%$47,712 → $59,446

Declined2

Uninsured+3.5 points4.4% → 7.9%
Price / income+0.5×2.0× → 2.5×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Batavia, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.8 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	+2.4 min	Within the margin of error	24%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Child poverty rate	26.5%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	2.82%2015-2019	1.93%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Improved	99%
High school diploma or higher	89.3%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4432020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$47,7122015-2019	$59,4462020-2024	+25%	Improved	43%
Poverty rate	19.0%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Improved	79%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent-burdened households	47.6%2015-2019	45.9%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.4%2015-2019	7.9%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Declined	17%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Batavia, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Batavia, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Batavia, New York itself moved +2.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

15,097 residents (±25)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

7,349 households (±207)

Batavia, New York
New York share

Under $25k18%1,348
$25k–50k24%1,765
$50k–75k16%1,211

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

7,349 households (±207)

Batavia, New York
New York share

Own53%3,875
Rent47%3,474

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,058 workers (±443)

Batavia, New York
New York share

Drive alone76%5,346
Carpool9.3%†659
Public transit0.3%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Batavia, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Genesee County, the county holding most of Batavia's residents.

Genesee County has 1,255 employer establishments, 216 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.79× New York's), with 16,849 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,392. The Census Bureau also counts 3,374 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,255; 3,374 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 216; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 16,849
Average annual pay: $49,392; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Genesee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	104	17.9	0.98×About typical	1,699	$24,321	11
Specialty trade contractors	102	17.6	1.14×About typical	454	$59,606	255
Ambulatory health care services	74	12.8	0.61×Fewer than typical	823	$50,919	187
Full-service restaurants	50	8.6	1.12×About typical	886	$23,573	7
Religious organizations	47	8.1	1.46×More than typical	216	$16,157	—
Construction of buildings	43	7.4	0.98×About typical	279	$56,204	82
Automotive repair and maintenance	42	7.2	1.44×More than typical	199	$40,739	44
Limited-service restaurants	38	6.5	0.82×About typical	675	$22,824	—
Lessors of real estate	34	5.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	91	$30,736	379
Services to buildings and dwellings	34	5.9	0.87×About typical	96	$52,938	159
Building equipment contractors	33	5.7	0.95×About typical	256	$58,531	53
Gasoline stations	33	5.7	1.75×More than typical	363	$32,129	—

Rank places for an industry Open Genesee County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 58,016 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $4.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Batavia, New York: $292 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.4M; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $292; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$3.4M77%
Department of Veterans Affairs$943.1K21%
Agricultural Marketing Service$51.4K1.2%
U.S. Secret Service$24.2K0.5%
Department of the Navy$19.5K0.4%

Top recipients

AKIMA INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION LLC$2.8M64%
ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$698.6K16%
CHENEGA FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLC$257.1K5.8%
TLI CONSTRUCTION, INC.$199K4.5%
ABOVE GROUP INC.$151K3.4%

Spending by fiscal year

2.5MFY2017
2.5MFY2018
3.3MFY2019
2.4MFY2020
2.3MFY2021
2.5MFY2022
2.7MFY2023
2.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$2.9M66%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$702.2K16%
Facilities support services · 5612$257.1K5.8%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$248.2K5.6%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$153.9K3.5%
Dairy product manufacturing · 3115

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Batavia, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Batavia, New York's figures are part of those of Genesee County, NY ($59M in FY2026), never added to them: 7.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Batavia is mostly in Genesee County.

See federal money in Genesee County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Batavia, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Claudia TenneyR-NY-24 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Genesee County83100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Batavia, NY78

Other cities and towns in Genesee County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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