Maeystown vs Waterloo

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

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

Waterloo has the higher population (11,055 vs 91 in Maeystown). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($92,005 vs $78,750 in Maeystown). Waterloo has the higher median home value ($237,900 vs $170,800 in Maeystown).

Population, income & housing

	Maeystown	Waterloo
Population	91	11,055
Median age	31.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$92,005
Median home value	$170,800	$237,900
Median gross rent	$900	$873
Housing units	54	4,651
Homeownership rate	57.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maeystown	Waterloo
Population	119 → 91 (-23.5%)	10,367 → 11,055 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $78,750 (+21.2%)	$67,682 → $92,005 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$145,300 → $170,800 (+17.5%)	$192,100 → $237,900 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $900 (-5.3%)	$830 → $873 (+5.2%)

Maeystown

Population

11991

Median household income

$65,000$78,750

Median home value

$145,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$950$900

Waterloo

Population

10,36711,055

Median household income

$67,682$92,005

Median home value

$192,100$237,900

Median gross rent

$830$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maeystown	Waterloo
Under 5	12.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	17.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	2.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	12.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maeystown	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maeystown	Waterloo
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	54.9%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maeystown	Waterloo
Drove alone	94.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maeystown	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	96.3%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maeystown	Waterloo
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.5%
Average household size	3.50	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1995	1991