Lansing vs Waterville

A side-by-side comparison of Lansing and Waterville: population, income, housing, and more.

Lansing and Waterville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lansing has the higher population (1,111 vs 143 in Waterville). Lansing has the higher median household income ($49,537 vs $48,750 in Waterville). Lansing has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $93,800 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Waterville
Population	1,111	143
Median age	49.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,537	$48,750
Median home value	$145,800	$93,800
Median gross rent	$581	—
Housing units	667	59
Homeownership rate	76.5%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Waterville
Population	880 → 1,111 (+26.3%)	97 → 143 (+47.4%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $49,537 (+21.5%)	$50,000 → $48,750 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $145,800 (+25.8%)	$60,000 → $93,800 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $581 (-16.3%)	$488 → $575 (+17.8%)

Lansing

Population

8801,111

Median household income

$40,769$49,537

Median home value

$115,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$694$581

Waterville

Population

97143

Median household income

$50,000$48,750

Median home value

$60,000$93,800

Median gross rent

$488$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Waterville
Under 5	10.5%	24.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	4.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	5.9%	16.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	2.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	20.3%	14.7%
75 and over	10.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Waterville
No high school diploma	2.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	50.5%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Waterville
Drove alone	75.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	10.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Waterville
1-unit, detached	71.7%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Waterville
Poverty rate	16.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1941	1938