Janesville vs Waverly

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

Janesville 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 1,012 in Janesville). Janesville has the higher median household income ($84,231 vs $78,429 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $214,700 in Janesville).

Population, income & housing

	Janesville	Waverly
Population	1,012	10,446
Median age	44.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,231	$78,429
Median home value	$214,700	$215,200
Median gross rent	$625	$909
Housing units	456	4,048
Homeownership rate	90.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Janesville	Waverly
Population	981 → 1,012 (+3.2%)	10,094 → 10,446 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $84,231 (+32.1%)	$64,949 → $78,429 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$167,200 → $214,700 (+28.4%)	$173,700 → $215,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $625 (+0.0%)	$715 → $909 (+27.1%)

Janesville

Population

9811,012

Median household income

$63,750$84,231

Median home value

$167,200$214,700

Median gross rent

$625$625

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)

	Janesville	Waverly
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	20.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	20.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.7%
75 and over	4.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Janesville	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Janesville	Waverly
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Janesville	Waverly
Drove alone	80.0%	67.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.6%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Janesville	Waverly
1-unit, detached	86.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Janesville	Waverly
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1973	1977