Evansdale vs Waterloo

A side-by-side comparison of Evansdale and Waterloo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waterloo has the higher population (66,947 vs 4,530 in Evansdale). Evansdale has the higher median household income ($57,415 vs $56,344 in Waterloo). Waterloo has the higher median home value ($150,200 vs $138,200 in Evansdale).

Population, income & housing

	Evansdale	Waterloo
Population	4,530	66,947
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,415	$56,344
Median home value	$138,200	$150,200
Median gross rent	$945	$896
Housing units	2,224	32,170
Homeownership rate	62.4%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansdale	Waterloo
Population	4,765 → 4,530 (-4.9%)	67,912 → 66,947 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$49,786 → $57,415 (+15.3%)	$47,327 → $56,344 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $138,200 (+16.3%)	$117,400 → $150,200 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $945 (+16.2%)	$765 → $896 (+17.1%)

Evansdale

Population

4,7654,530

Median household income

$49,786$57,415

Median home value

$118,800$138,200

Median gross rent

$813$945

Waterloo

Population

67,91266,947

Median household income

$47,327$56,344

Median home value

$117,400$150,200

Median gross rent

$765$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansdale	Waterloo
Under 5	2.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.7%	10.0%
75 and over	4.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansdale	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	67.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansdale	Waterloo
No high school diploma	12.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	46.7%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansdale	Waterloo
Drove alone	88.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansdale	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	79.5%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	11.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Evansdale	Waterloo
Poverty rate	20.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1962	1961