Waterville vs Winthrop

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

Waterville and Winthrop 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 2,666 in Winthrop). Winthrop has the higher median household income ($54,612 vs $47,489 in Waterville). Winthrop has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $173,700 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Waterville	Winthrop
Population	16,704	2,666
Median age	34.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,489	$54,612
Median home value	$173,700	$240,700
Median gross rent	$957	$899
Housing units	7,036	1,335
Homeownership rate	45.8%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterville	Winthrop
Population	16,577 → 16,704 (+0.8%)	2,467 → 2,666 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$38,862 → $47,489 (+22.2%)	$60,223 → $54,612 (-9.3%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $173,700 (+39.0%)	$196,100 → $240,700 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $957 (+31.6%)	$752 → $899 (+19.5%)

Waterville

Population

16,57716,704

Median household income

$38,862$47,489

Median home value

$125,000$173,700

Median gross rent

$727$957

Winthrop

Population

2,4672,666

Median household income

$60,223$54,612

Median home value

$196,100$240,700

Median gross rent

$752$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waterville	Winthrop
Under 5	4.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	27.5%
18 to 24	22.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.4%
75 and over	7.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterville	Winthrop
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterville	Winthrop
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	30.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterville	Winthrop
Drove alone	67.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	1.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	22.5%
Other means	4.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterville	Winthrop
1-unit, detached	40.5%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Waterville	Winthrop
Poverty rate	25.4%	24.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1959	1971