Axtell vs Waterville

A side-by-side comparison of Axtell and Waterville: population, income, housing, and more.

Axtell and Waterville are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waterville has the higher population (748 vs 466 in Axtell). Waterville has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $58,750 in Axtell). Axtell has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $90,300 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Axtell	Waterville
Population	466	748
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$70,625
Median home value	$126,300	$90,300
Median gross rent	$833	$917
Housing units	162	360
Homeownership rate	75.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Axtell	Waterville
Population	390 → 466 (+19.5%)	635 → 748 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $58,750 (+10.6%)	$53,977 → $70,625 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $126,300 (+40.3%)	$84,500 → $90,300 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $833 (+12.7%)	$550 → $917 (+66.7%)

Axtell

Population

390466

Median household income

$53,125$58,750

Median home value

$90,000$126,300

Median gross rent

$739$833

Waterville

Population

635748

Median household income

$53,977$70,625

Median home value

$84,500$90,300

Median gross rent

$550$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Axtell	Waterville
Under 5	9.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	5.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	26.0%	20.7%
75 and over	4.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Axtell	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Axtell	Waterville
No high school diploma	3.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Axtell	Waterville
Drove alone	72.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Axtell	Waterville
1-unit, detached	90.7%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Axtell	Waterville
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.9%
Average household size	3.07	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1972	1948