Cleveland vs Waterville

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

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

Waterville has the higher population (1,778 vs 622 in Cleveland). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($83,281 vs $67,721 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $204,200 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Waterville
Population	622	1,778
Median age	34.7 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,281	$67,721
Median home value	$204,200	$216,700
Median gross rent	$735	$835
Housing units	244	1,008
Homeownership rate	90.5%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Waterville
Population	797 → 622 (-22.0%)	1,872 → 1,778 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$68,125 → $83,281 (+22.2%)	$51,736 → $67,721 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $204,200 (+34.9%)	$133,300 → $216,700 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $735 (+17.6%)	$732 → $835 (+14.1%)

Cleveland

Population

797622

Median household income

$68,125$83,281

Median home value

$151,400$204,200

Median gross rent

$625$735

Waterville

Population

1,8721,778

Median household income

$51,736$67,721

Median home value

$133,300$216,700

Median gross rent

$732$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Waterville
Under 5	8.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	24.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.0%
75 and over	4.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Waterville
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	35.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Waterville
Drove alone	85.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Waterville
1-unit, detached	84.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Waterville
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.81	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1971	1967