Carver vs Watertown

A side-by-side comparison of Carver and Watertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Carver and Watertown are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carver has the higher population (5,935 vs 4,747 in Watertown). Carver has the higher median household income ($144,408 vs $93,008 in Watertown). Carver has the higher median home value ($427,600 vs $315,200 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Carver	Watertown
Population	5,935	4,747
Median age	39.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$144,408	$93,008
Median home value	$427,600	$315,200
Median gross rent	$1,347	$967
Housing units	2,057	1,877
Homeownership rate	90.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carver	Watertown
Population	4,771 → 5,935 (+24.4%)	4,408 → 4,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$114,906 → $144,408 (+25.7%)	$83,542 → $93,008 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$337,500 → $427,600 (+26.7%)	$208,300 → $315,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,429 → $1,347 (-44.5%)	$694 → $967 (+39.3%)

Carver

Population

4,7715,935

Median household income

$114,906$144,408

Median home value

$337,500$427,600

Median gross rent

$2,429$1,347

Watertown

Population

4,4084,747

Median household income

$83,542$93,008

Median home value

$208,300$315,200

Median gross rent

$694$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carver	Watertown
Under 5	4.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	26.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	14.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	20.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.3%
75 and over	2.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carver	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carver	Watertown
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	13.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carver	Watertown
Drove alone	74.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	19.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carver	Watertown
1-unit, detached	85.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Carver	Watertown
Poverty rate	1.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	2004	1995