Killen vs Waterloo

A side-by-side comparison of Killen and Waterloo: population, income, housing, and more.

Killen and Waterloo are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Killen has the higher population (1,431 vs 92 in Waterloo). Killen has the higher median household income ($61,422 vs $29,219 in Waterloo). Killen has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $92,000 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Killen	Waterloo
Population	1,431	92
Median age	37.9 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,422	$29,219
Median home value	$162,800	$92,000
Median gross rent	$954	$663
Housing units	589	95
Homeownership rate	65.6%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Killen	Waterloo
Population	1,263 → 1,431 (+13.3%)	140 → 92 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$54,286 → $61,422 (+13.1%)	$42,500 → $29,219 (-31.2%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $162,800 (+17.9%)	$57,500 → $92,000 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $954 (+22.2%)	$650 → $663 (+2.0%)

Killen

Population

1,2631,431

Median household income

$54,286$61,422

Median home value

$138,100$162,800

Median gross rent

$781$954

Waterloo

Population

14092

Median household income

$42,500$29,219

Median home value

$57,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$650$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Killen	Waterloo
Under 5	7.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	4.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	1.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	21.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	27.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	20.7%
75 and over	7.4%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Killen	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	97.8%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Killen	Waterloo
No high school diploma	10.2%	22.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Killen	Waterloo
Drove alone	87.2%	93.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Killen	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	79.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Killen	Waterloo
Poverty rate	8.6%	20.7%
Average household size	2.80	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1982	1968