Waterville vs Waukon

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

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

Waukon has the higher population (3,796 vs 143 in Waterville). Waukon has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $48,750 in Waterville). Waukon has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $93,800 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Waterville	Waukon
Population	143	3,796
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$56,250
Median home value	$93,800	$133,700
Median gross rent	—	$719
Housing units	59	1,895
Homeownership rate	94.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterville	Waukon
Population	97 → 143 (+47.4%)	3,671 → 3,796 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $48,750 (-2.5%)	$45,942 → $56,250 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $93,800 (+56.3%)	$110,600 → $133,700 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $575 (+17.8%)	$545 → $719 (+31.9%)

Waterville

Population

97143

Median household income

$50,000$48,750

Median home value

$60,000$93,800

Median gross rent

$488$575

Waukon

Population

3,6713,796

Median household income

$45,942$56,250

Median home value

$110,600$133,700

Median gross rent

$545$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waterville	Waukon
Under 5	24.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	2.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.7%
75 and over	8.4%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterville	Waukon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterville	Waukon
No high school diploma	10.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	41.7%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterville	Waukon
Drove alone	81.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterville	Waukon
1-unit, detached	84.7%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Waterville	Waukon
Poverty rate	4.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	18
Median year structure built	1938	1960