Tripoli vs Waverly

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

Tripoli 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 1,256 in Tripoli). Waverly has the higher median household income ($78,429 vs $75,988 in Tripoli). Waverly has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $116,200 in Tripoli).

Population, income & housing

	Tripoli	Waverly
Population	1,256	10,446
Median age	42.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,988	$78,429
Median home value	$116,200	$215,200
Median gross rent	$888	$909
Housing units	569	4,048
Homeownership rate	83.1%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tripoli	Waverly
Population	1,302 → 1,256 (-3.5%)	10,094 → 10,446 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$57,386 → $75,988 (+32.4%)	$64,949 → $78,429 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $116,200 (+27.4%)	$173,700 → $215,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $888 (+60.0%)	$715 → $909 (+27.1%)

Tripoli

Population

1,3021,256

Median household income

$57,386$75,988

Median home value

$91,200$116,200

Median gross rent

$555$888

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)

	Tripoli	Waverly
Under 5	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	20.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.7%
75 and over	11.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tripoli	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	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	1.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tripoli	Waverly
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tripoli	Waverly
Drove alone	82.5%	67.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.4%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tripoli	Waverly
1-unit, detached	82.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Tripoli	Waverly
Poverty rate	2.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1957	1977