Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety93#64/924
Economy73#246/925
Housing70#282/925
Health88#113/925
Healthcare44#515/923
Environment63#336/917
Education61#364/925
Infrastructure73#246/925
Community58#388/925
Leisure & amenities47#489/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Batavia, NY micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high23.6 /10k
98/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.404
97/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.6%
96/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Firearm deaths · low6.8 /100k
95/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100New York 2.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · low30.1%
93/100New York 32.9%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.98%
2/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low7.1 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
7/100New York 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · low31 /100k
7/100New York 83 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low23.3%
13/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Dentists · low38 /100k
15/100New York 84 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
6% (2021) → 31% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+25 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
3.0 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.2 /10k (2020) → 0.3 /10k (2025)
+100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
4.6 /1k (2020) → 7.1 /1k (2025)
+55%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
55.7% (2010 & 2021) → 65.6% (2022 & 2024)
+9.9 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.6% (2015-2019) → 90.0% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, NY micropolitan area improved on 17 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved17

Gyms+100%0.2 /10k → 0.3 /10k
Property tax−0.4 points2.39% → 1.98%
Homicides−100%3.0 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Arts & recreation+25%3.4 /10k → 4.3 /10k
Overdose deaths−56%32.6 /100k → 14.5 /100k

Declined3

Grocery stores−27%1.9 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Pharmacies−20%1.7 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Price / income+0.3×2.0× → 2.3×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Batavia, NY micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.4 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	81%
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Average weekly wage	$9082020	$1,1442025	+26%	Improved	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	15.8%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Improved	75%
Distance to an airport	23 mi2020	23 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	32.6 /100k2020	14.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−56%	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	2.39%2015-2019	1.98%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	97%
Firearm deaths	8.0 /100k2020	6.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Improved	75%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−27%	Declined	5%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.2 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	+100%	Improved	96%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	62%
Homicide rate	3.0 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,0982019	$61,0152024	+27%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4122015-2019	0.4042020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$60,5242015-2019	$73,3142020-2024	+21%	Improved	18%
New business applications	4.6 /1k2020	7.1 /1k2025	+55%	Improved	63%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−20%	Declined	20%
Poverty rate	10.9%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Property crime rate	1,244 /100k2020	863 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	43%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	−1.7%	Little change	49%
Rent as share of income	27.1%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent-burdened households	42.3%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Restaurants and bars	9.3 /10k2020	9.6 /10k2025	+3.5%	Little change	61%
Suicide rate	12.9 /100k2020	12.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.4%	Improved	71%
Traffic deaths	15.6 /100k2015-2019	13.8 /100k2020-2024	−11%	Improved	78%
Unemployment rate	7.2%2020	3.4%2025	−3.8 points	Improved	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.2%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Violent crime rate	177 /100k2020	140 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	58%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Batavia, NY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Batavia, NY micropolitan area 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, NY micropolitan area itself moved +1.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

57,787 residents

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

24,873 households (±296)

Batavia, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k14%3,487
$25k–50k20%4,987
$50k–75k17%4,266

Homes

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

Owners and renters

24,873 households (±296)

Batavia, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Own74%18,351
Rent26%6,522

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

27,458 workers (±707)

Batavia, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%22,464
Carpool6.4%1,758
Public transit0.2%†45

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 no occupation wages for Batavia, NY micropolitan area.

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.

Batavia, NY has 1,255 employer establishments, 216 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248), 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
Paid employees: 16,849
Average annual pay: $49,392; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Batavia, NY 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

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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $59M on contracts performed in Batavia, NY micropolitan area: $1,010 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $59M; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,010; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.1%; 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$43.1M73%
Department of Veterans Affairs$14M24%
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$794K1.3%
Agricultural Marketing Service$656.3K1.1%
U.S. Secret Service$308.3K0.5%
Department of the Navy$249.3K0.4%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$104.1K0.2%

Top recipients

AKIMA INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION LLC$36.1M61%
ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$8.9M15%
CHENEGA FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLC$3.3M5.6%
TLI CONSTRUCTION, INC.$2.5M4.3%
ABOVE GROUP INC.$1.9M3.3%

Spending by fiscal year

35MFY2017
33.6MFY2018
68.9MFY2019
36.7MFY2020
58.6MFY2021
36MFY2022
61.5MFY2023
42M

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$37.2M63%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$9M15%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$4.2M7.1%
Facilities support services · 5612$3.3M5.6%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$2.3M3.9%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419

Largest awards

DETENTION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ICE DETAINEES AT THE BUFFALO FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITY IN BATAVIA, NY.$31.3M
AKIMA GLOBAL SERVICES, LLC· Genesee County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Jan 31, 2024 – Sep 1, 2026· 70CDCR24FR0000019
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AT SPC BATAVIA, NY$28.6M
CHENEGA FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLC· Genesee County, NY· Construction & real property· Nov 22, 2017 – Sep 4, 2026· 70CMSW18FR0000002
DETENTION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ICE DETAINEES AT THE BUFFALO FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITY IN BATAVIA, NY.$27.9M
AKIMA GLOBAL SERVICES, LLC· Genesee County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Jan 31, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026· 70CDCR25FR0000019

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $396.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Batavia, NY micropolitan area: $6,782 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $396.2M; −6.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,782; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$267.3M67%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$39.3M9.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$31.2M7.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$21.7M5.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.8M2.2%
20.275 · Metropolitan Planning Program (MPP)$5.7M1.4%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.8M1.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3.4M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$8.3M2.1%
ALBANY, NY
GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$3.4M0.8%
BATAVIA, NY
CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BATAVIA$1.6M0.4%
BATAVIA, NY
GENESEE COUNTY, NY$1.5M0.4%
BATAVIA, NY
CITY OF BATAVIA HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.1M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$337.1M85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$35M8.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$8.3M2.1%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$5.3M1.3%
Farm Service Agency$2.6M0.7%

Assistance by fiscal year

377MFY2021
366.1MFY2022
381MFY2023
380.5MFY2024
424.8MFY2025
396.2MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Batavia, NY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Genesee CountyCentral county8358,416

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

BataviaPrincipal city15,097

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Areas based in New York, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved17

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Batavia, NY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Batavia, NY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved17

Declined3

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought