Chaska vs Watertown

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

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

Chaska has the higher population (28,146 vs 4,747 in Watertown). Chaska has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $93,008 in Watertown). Chaska has the higher median home value ($379,400 vs $315,200 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Chaska	Watertown
Population	28,146	4,747
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$93,008
Median home value	$379,400	$315,200
Median gross rent	$1,436	$967
Housing units	10,736	1,877
Homeownership rate	69.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaska	Watertown
Population	26,371 → 28,146 (+6.7%)	4,408 → 4,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$85,143 → $110,000 (+29.2%)	$83,542 → $93,008 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$266,200 → $379,400 (+42.5%)	$208,300 → $315,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,436 (+21.9%)	$694 → $967 (+39.3%)

Chaska

Population

26,37128,146

Median household income

$85,143$110,000

Median home value

$266,200$379,400

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,436

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)

	Chaska	Watertown
Under 5	7.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.3%
75 and over	5.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaska	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaska	Watertown
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	18.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaska	Watertown
Drove alone	69.9%	73.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	19.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaska	Watertown
1-unit, detached	57.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	15.1%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Chaska	Watertown
Poverty rate	4.9%	10.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1995	1995