Waterville vs Winslow

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

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

Waterville has the higher population (16,704 vs 5,701 in Winslow). Winslow has the higher median household income ($56,506 vs $47,489 in Waterville). Winslow has the higher median home value ($200,100 vs $173,700 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Waterville	Winslow
Population	16,704	5,701
Median age	34.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,489	$56,506
Median home value	$173,700	$200,100
Median gross rent	$957	$953
Housing units	7,036	2,703
Homeownership rate	45.8%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterville	Winslow
Population	16,577 → 16,704 (+0.8%)	4,928 → 5,701 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$38,862 → $47,489 (+22.2%)	$46,980 → $56,506 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $173,700 (+39.0%)	$130,000 → $200,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $957 (+31.6%)	$807 → $953 (+18.1%)

Waterville

Population

16,57716,704

Median household income

$38,862$47,489

Median home value

$125,000$173,700

Median gross rent

$727$957

Winslow

Population

4,9285,701

Median household income

$46,980$56,506

Median home value

$130,000$200,100

Median gross rent

$807$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waterville	Winslow
Under 5	4.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	22.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.2%
75 and over	7.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterville	Winslow
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterville	Winslow
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterville	Winslow
Drove alone	67.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	9.0%
Other means	4.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterville	Winslow
1-unit, detached	40.5%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	23.2%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Waterville	Winslow
Poverty rate	25.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1959	1966