Murrayville vs Waverly

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

Murrayville 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 671 in Murrayville). Waverly has the higher median household income ($55,882 vs $49,615 in Murrayville). Murrayville has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $97,600 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Murrayville	Waverly
Population	671	1,456
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,615	$55,882
Median home value	$106,000	$97,600
Median gross rent	$788	$753
Housing units	320	576
Homeownership rate	82.5%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murrayville	Waverly
Population	512 → 671 (+31.1%)	1,315 → 1,456 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $49,615 (-16.7%)	$49,167 → $55,882 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $106,000 (+28.5%)	$77,700 → $97,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $788 (+33.8%)	$671 → $753 (+12.2%)

Murrayville

Population

512671

Median household income

$59,583$49,615

Median home value

$82,500$106,000

Median gross rent

$589$788

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)

	Murrayville	Waverly
Under 5	4.8%	11.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.4%
75 and over	9.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murrayville	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	4.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murrayville	Waverly
No high school diploma	17.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murrayville	Waverly
Drove alone	80.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murrayville	Waverly
1-unit, detached	90.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Murrayville	Waverly
Poverty rate	19.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1962	1949