Loachapoka vs Waverly

A side-by-side comparison of Loachapoka and Waverly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waverly has the higher population (312 vs 218 in Loachapoka). Waverly has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $47,250 in Loachapoka). Waverly has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $183,000 in Loachapoka).

Population, income & housing

	Loachapoka	Waverly
Population	218	312
Median age	37.0 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,250	$79,375
Median home value	$183,000	$324,000
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	106	149
Homeownership rate	48.0%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loachapoka	Waverly
Population	221 → 218 (-1.4%)	179 → 312 (+74.3%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $47,250 (-14.5%)	$61,250 → $79,375 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $183,000 (+12.6%)	$159,100 → $324,000 (+103.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $933 (+9.8%)	$829 → $800 (-3.5%)

Loachapoka

Population

221218

Median household income

$55,250$47,250

Median home value

$162,500$183,000

Median gross rent

$850$933

Waverly

Population

179312

Median household income

$61,250$79,375

Median home value

$159,100$324,000

Median gross rent

$829$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loachapoka	Waverly
Under 5	1.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	2.2%
35 to 44	21.1%	4.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	28.8%
75 and over	4.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loachapoka	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	29.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loachapoka	Waverly
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loachapoka	Waverly
Drove alone	61.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	29.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	1.8%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loachapoka	Waverly
1-unit, detached	61.3%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Loachapoka	Waverly
Poverty rate	14.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	58	18
Median year structure built	1974	1983