Sumner vs Waverly

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

Sumner 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 2,159 in Sumner). Waverly has the higher median household income ($78,429 vs $56,174 in Sumner). Waverly has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $111,900 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Sumner	Waverly
Population	2,159	10,446
Median age	47.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,174	$78,429
Median home value	$111,900	$215,200
Median gross rent	$598	$909
Housing units	1,020	4,048
Homeownership rate	77.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sumner	Waverly
Population	2,175 → 2,159 (-0.7%)	10,094 → 10,446 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$64,018 → $56,174 (-12.3%)	$64,949 → $78,429 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $111,900 (+27.2%)	$173,700 → $215,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $598 (-7.1%)	$715 → $909 (+27.1%)

Sumner

Population

2,1752,159

Median household income

$64,018$56,174

Median home value

$88,000$111,900

Median gross rent

$644$598

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)

	Sumner	Waverly
Under 5	4.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	20.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.7%
75 and over	12.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sumner	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sumner	Waverly
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.2%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sumner	Waverly
Drove alone	85.8%	67.6%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.2%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sumner	Waverly
1-unit, detached	79.5%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Sumner	Waverly
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1946	1977