Waverly vs Whiteland

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

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

Whiteland has the higher population (4,369 vs 1,006 in Waverly). Whiteland has the higher median household income ($88,411 vs $72,426 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median home value ($254,100 vs $189,200 in Whiteland).

Population, income & housing

	Waverly	Whiteland
Population	1,006	4,369
Median age	36.7 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,426	$88,411
Median home value	$254,100	$189,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,192
Housing units	311	1,793
Homeownership rate	82.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waverly	Whiteland
Population	826 → 1,006 (+21.8%)	4,423 → 4,369 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$78,603 → $72,426 (-7.9%)	$75,741 → $88,411 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$147,800 → $254,100 (+71.9%)	$141,300 → $189,200 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,007 → $1,192 (+18.4%)

Waverly

Population

8261,006

Median household income

$78,603$72,426

Median home value

$147,800$254,100

Whiteland

Population

4,4234,369

Median household income

$75,741$88,411

Median home value

$141,300$189,200

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waverly	Whiteland
Under 5	8.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.6%
35 to 44	30.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	23.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waverly	Whiteland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waverly	Whiteland
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	53.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waverly	Whiteland
Drove alone	59.6%	87.0%
Carpooled	25.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waverly	Whiteland
1-unit, detached	89.7%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waverly	Whiteland
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.8%
Average household size	3.23	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1978	1992