Elysian vs Waterville

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

Elysian 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 663 in Elysian). Elysian has the higher median household income ($98,571 vs $67,721 in Waterville). Elysian has the higher median home value ($295,700 vs $216,700 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Elysian	Waterville
Population	663	1,778
Median age	42.7 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,571	$67,721
Median home value	$295,700	$216,700
Median gross rent	$1,110	$835
Housing units	343	1,008
Homeownership rate	85.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elysian	Waterville
Population	650 → 663 (+2.0%)	1,872 → 1,778 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $98,571 (+44.9%)	$51,736 → $67,721 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$204,500 → $295,700 (+44.6%)	$133,300 → $216,700 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,110 (+53.1%)	$732 → $835 (+14.1%)

Elysian

Population

650663

Median household income

$68,036$98,571

Median home value

$204,500$295,700

Median gross rent

$725$1,110

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)

	Elysian	Waterville
Under 5	7.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.0%
75 and over	8.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elysian	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elysian	Waterville
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elysian	Waterville
Drove alone	82.6%	83.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elysian	Waterville
1-unit, detached	77.3%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Elysian	Waterville
Poverty rate	5.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1987	1967