Bremen vs Waterville

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

Bremen 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 202 in Bremen). Bremen has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $70,625 in Waterville). Since 2019, Bremen's population has grown faster (+348.9% vs +17.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bremen	Waterville
Population	202	748
Median age	32.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$70,625
Median home value	—	$90,300
Median gross rent	—	$917
Housing units	63	360
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bremen	Waterville
Population	45 → 202 (+348.9%)	635 → 748 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $250,001 (+325.5%)	$53,977 → $70,625 (+30.8%)
Median home value	—	$84,500 → $90,300 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$550 → $917 (+66.7%)

Bremen

Population

45202

Median household income

$58,750$250,001

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)

	Bremen	Waterville
Under 5	37.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	4.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	29.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	2.0%	20.7%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bremen	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bremen	Waterville
No high school diploma	17.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	34.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bremen	Waterville
Drove alone	71.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	28.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bremen	Waterville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bremen	Waterville
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.9%
Average household size	3.21	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1990	1948