Readlyn vs Waverly

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

Readlyn 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 764 in Readlyn). Readlyn has the higher median household income ($83,393 vs $78,429 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $164,600 in Readlyn).

Population, income & housing

	Readlyn	Waverly
Population	764	10,446
Median age	36.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,393	$78,429
Median home value	$164,600	$215,200
Median gross rent	$588	$909
Housing units	309	4,048
Homeownership rate	81.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Readlyn	Waverly
Population	780 → 764 (-2.1%)	10,094 → 10,446 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $83,393 (+19.6%)	$64,949 → $78,429 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $164,600 (+26.2%)	$173,700 → $215,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $588 (+12.6%)	$715 → $909 (+27.1%)

Readlyn

Population

780764

Median household income

$69,750$83,393

Median home value

$130,400$164,600

Median gross rent

$522$588

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)

	Readlyn	Waverly
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	20.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.7%
75 and over	7.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Readlyn	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Readlyn	Waverly
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Readlyn	Waverly
Drove alone	78.2%	67.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Readlyn	Waverly
1-unit, detached	83.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Readlyn	Waverly
Poverty rate	6.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1958	1977