Victoria vs Watertown

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

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

Victoria has the higher population (10,972 vs 4,747 in Watertown). Victoria has the higher median household income ($192,821 vs $93,008 in Watertown). Victoria has the higher median home value ($572,800 vs $315,200 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Victoria	Watertown
Population	10,972	4,747
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$192,821	$93,008
Median home value	$572,800	$315,200
Median gross rent	$2,435	$967
Housing units	4,048	1,877
Homeownership rate	92.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.3%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Victoria	Watertown
Population	9,383 → 10,972 (+16.9%)	4,408 → 4,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$152,137 → $192,821 (+26.7%)	$83,542 → $93,008 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $572,800 (+34.0%)	$208,300 → $315,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $2,435 (+89.5%)	$694 → $967 (+39.3%)

Victoria

Population

9,38310,972

Median household income

$152,137$192,821

Median home value

$427,400$572,800

Median gross rent

$1,285$2,435

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)

	Victoria	Watertown
Under 5	5.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	14.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.3%
75 and over	3.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Victoria	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Victoria	Watertown
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	8.0%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	44.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Victoria	Watertown
Drove alone	58.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	19.1%
Other means	3.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Victoria	Watertown
1-unit, detached	85.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Victoria	Watertown
Poverty rate	1.8%	10.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	2005	1995