Denver vs Waverly

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (10,446 vs 2,216 in Denver). Denver has the higher median household income ($90,156 vs $78,429 in Waverly). Denver has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $215,200 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Denver	Waverly
Population	2,216	10,446
Median age	36.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,156	$78,429
Median home value	$221,100	$215,200
Median gross rent	$788	$909
Housing units	869	4,048
Homeownership rate	84.0%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denver	Waverly
Population	1,726 → 2,216 (+28.4%)	10,094 → 10,446 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$67,228 → $90,156 (+34.1%)	$64,949 → $78,429 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$162,800 → $221,100 (+35.8%)	$173,700 → $215,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $788 (+34.0%)	$715 → $909 (+27.1%)

Denver

Population

1,7262,216

Median household income

$67,228$90,156

Median home value

$162,800$221,100

Median gross rent

$588$788

Waverly

Population

10,09410,446

Median household income

$64,949$78,429

Median home value

$173,700$215,200

Median gross rent

$715$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denver	Waverly
Under 5	7.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	25.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	20.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.7%
75 and over	7.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denver	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denver	Waverly
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	22.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denver	Waverly
Drove alone	84.9%	67.6%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.4%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.0%	10.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denver	Waverly
1-unit, detached	82.3%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Denver	Waverly
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1975	1977