Beattie vs Waterville

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

Beattie 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 227 in Beattie). Waterville has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $54,375 in Beattie). Waterville has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $81,900 in Beattie).

Population, income & housing

	Beattie	Waterville
Population	227	748
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$70,625
Median home value	$81,900	$90,300
Median gross rent	$478	$917
Housing units	113	360
Homeownership rate	77.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beattie	Waterville
Population	228 → 227 (-0.4%)	635 → 748 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $54,375 (+16.5%)	$53,977 → $70,625 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $81,900 (+14.5%)	$84,500 → $90,300 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $478 (-47.4%)	$550 → $917 (+66.7%)

Beattie

Population

228227

Median household income

$46,667$54,375

Median home value

$71,500$81,900

Median gross rent

$908$478

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)

	Beattie	Waterville
Under 5	8.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	20.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	20.7%
75 and over	6.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beattie	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	0.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beattie	Waterville
No high school diploma	4.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	46.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beattie	Waterville
Drove alone	65.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	26.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.5%
Other means	0.9%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beattie	Waterville
1-unit, detached	89.4%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Beattie	Waterville
Poverty rate	20.4%	3.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1971	1948