Waconia vs Watertown

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

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

Waconia has the higher population (13,223 vs 4,747 in Watertown). Waconia has the higher median household income ($104,929 vs $93,008 in Watertown). Waconia has the higher median home value ($407,600 vs $315,200 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Waconia	Watertown
Population	13,223	4,747
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,929	$93,008
Median home value	$407,600	$315,200
Median gross rent	$1,299	$967
Housing units	5,162	1,877
Homeownership rate	80.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waconia	Watertown
Population	12,131 → 13,223 (+9.0%)	4,408 → 4,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$99,602 → $104,929 (+5.3%)	$83,542 → $93,008 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$303,700 → $407,600 (+34.2%)	$208,300 → $315,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,299 (+35.0%)	$694 → $967 (+39.3%)

Waconia

Population

12,13113,223

Median household income

$99,602$104,929

Median home value

$303,700$407,600

Median gross rent

$962$1,299

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)

	Waconia	Watertown
Under 5	6.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	14.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.3%
75 and over	5.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waconia	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waconia	Watertown
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	17.1%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waconia	Watertown
Drove alone	73.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waconia	Watertown
1-unit, detached	72.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Waconia	Watertown
Poverty rate	4.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	2000	1995