Heidelberg vs Waterville

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

Heidelberg 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 221 in Heidelberg). Heidelberg has the higher median household income ($111,563 vs $67,721 in Waterville). Heidelberg has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $216,700 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Heidelberg	Waterville
Population	221	1,778
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$111,563	$67,721
Median home value	$293,800	$216,700
Median gross rent	—	$835
Housing units	66	1,008
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heidelberg	Waterville
Population	104 → 221 (+112.5%)	1,872 → 1,778 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$72,727 → $111,563 (+53.4%)	$51,736 → $67,721 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $293,800 (+38.3%)	$133,300 → $216,700 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$732 → $835 (+14.1%)

Heidelberg

Population

104221

Median household income

$72,727$111,563

Median home value

$212,500$293,800

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)

	Heidelberg	Waterville
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	35.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	21.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	13.0%
75 and over	4.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heidelberg	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heidelberg	Waterville
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	23.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heidelberg	Waterville
Drove alone	92.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heidelberg	Waterville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Heidelberg	Waterville
Poverty rate	0.5%	11.5%
Average household size	3.51	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1978	1967