Meredosia vs Waverly

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (1,456 vs 937 in Meredosia). Meredosia has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $55,882 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $63,000 in Meredosia).

Population, income & housing

	Meredosia	Waverly
Population	937	1,456
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$55,882
Median home value	$63,000	$97,600
Median gross rent	$691	$753
Housing units	490	576
Homeownership rate	71.5%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meredosia	Waverly
Population	891 → 937 (+5.2%)	1,315 → 1,456 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $57,500 (+6.4%)	$49,167 → $55,882 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $63,000 (-9.2%)	$77,700 → $97,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $691 (+19.6%)	$671 → $753 (+12.2%)

Meredosia

Population

891937

Median household income

$54,063$57,500

Median home value

$69,400$63,000

Median gross rent

$578$691

Waverly

Population

1,3151,456

Median household income

$49,167$55,882

Median home value

$77,700$97,600

Median gross rent

$671$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meredosia	Waverly
Under 5	4.8%	11.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meredosia	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meredosia	Waverly
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	60.1%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meredosia	Waverly
Drove alone	81.7%	86.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meredosia	Waverly
1-unit, detached	83.5%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Meredosia	Waverly
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1966	1949