Waverly vs Woodson

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

Waverly and Woodson 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 592 in Woodson). Woodson has the higher median household income ($85,469 vs $55,882 in Waverly). Woodson has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $97,600 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Waverly	Woodson
Population	1,456	592
Median age	41.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,882	$85,469
Median home value	$97,600	$125,800
Median gross rent	$753	$908
Housing units	576	256
Homeownership rate	81.2%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waverly	Woodson
Population	1,315 → 1,456 (+10.7%)	433 → 592 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $55,882 (+13.7%)	$58,333 → $85,469 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $97,600 (+25.6%)	$111,700 → $125,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $753 (+12.2%)	$588 → $908 (+54.4%)

Waverly

Population

1,3151,456

Median household income

$49,167$55,882

Median home value

$77,700$97,600

Median gross rent

$671$753

Woodson

Population

433592

Median household income

$58,333$85,469

Median home value

$111,700$125,800

Median gross rent

$588$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waverly	Woodson
Under 5	11.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	4.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	25.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.8%
75 and over	9.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waverly	Woodson
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waverly	Woodson
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	47.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waverly	Woodson
Drove alone	86.9%	95.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waverly	Woodson
1-unit, detached	92.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Waverly	Woodson
Poverty rate	8.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1949	1977