Batavia, New York

Batavia population, 2020 to 2024

Batavia lost 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -16. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Batavia is 1.5 times that size.

Batavia covers 5.20 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,898 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Batavia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Batavia is in

All of Batavia's residents live in Genesee County, which had 57,604 residents in 2024. Batavia holds 26.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Batavia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Batavia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 14020. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Batavia is

The Census internal point of Batavia is at 42.998600, -78.180800. Albany, the capital, is 225.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lockport, NY (20,394 people), 28.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, NY, 30.8 miles away.

Daylight in Batavia

At 43.00° N, Batavia gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Batavia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Oakfield, 6.5 miles away, with 1,790 people.