Kane County, Illinois
Batavia Real Estate and Local Guide
Batavia is a Fox River suburb in the Chicago metro area with a limestone-built historic downtown and roots as a 19th-century windmill manufacturing hub. Ranked Realty pairs verified local data with the agents who know Batavia best.
About the area
Living in Batavia, IL
Known as "The Windmill City," once home to six American-style windmill manufacturing companies.
The housing market
Homes in Batavia
- About 77.7% of housing units are owner-occupied.
- About 68.2% of housing units are single-family homes.
- The median home value is about $358,000.
Landmarks and lifestyle
What makes Batavia home
Fermilab
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a federal physics lab where the bottom and top quarks were first detected
Fabyan Windmill
68-foot authentic Dutch-style windmill on the National Register of Historic Places, moved to the site in 1914
Batavia Depot Museum
Restored 1854 railroad depot preserving local history
Fabyan Forest Preserve
Kane County preserve on the former Fabyan estate with a Japanese Garden and the Fabyan Windmill
Fox River Trail
Multi-use path along the Fox River linking Fox Valley communities
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Local facts on this page are verified against public sources as part of the AppWT local-data project. Data reflects the most recent available figures.