Marysville vs Waterville

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

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

Marysville has the higher population (3,423 vs 748 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $61,607 in Marysville). Marysville has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $90,300 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Marysville	Waterville
Population	3,423	748
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$70,625
Median home value	$110,000	$90,300
Median gross rent	$664	$917
Housing units	1,684	360
Homeownership rate	75.6%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marysville	Waterville
Population	3,281 → 3,423 (+4.3%)	635 → 748 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$43,214 → $61,607 (+42.6%)	$53,977 → $70,625 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $110,000 (+20.2%)	$84,500 → $90,300 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $664 (+9.6%)	$550 → $917 (+66.7%)

Marysville

Population

3,2813,423

Median household income

$43,214$61,607

Median home value

$91,500$110,000

Median gross rent

$606$664

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)

	Marysville	Waterville
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	20.7%
75 and over	10.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marysville	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marysville	Waterville
No high school diploma	11.3%	16.0%
High school graduate	42.3%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marysville	Waterville
Drove alone	73.7%	83.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marysville	Waterville
1-unit, detached	86.2%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Marysville	Waterville
Poverty rate	9.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1958	1948