Kasota vs Waterville

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

Kasota 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 602 in Kasota). Kasota has the higher median household income ($70,200 vs $67,721 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $171,400 in Kasota).

Population, income & housing

	Kasota	Waterville
Population	602	1,778
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,200	$67,721
Median home value	$171,400	$216,700
Median gross rent	$643	$835
Housing units	268	1,008
Homeownership rate	72.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kasota	Waterville
Population	803 → 602 (-25.0%)	1,872 → 1,778 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$53,942 → $70,200 (+30.1%)	$51,736 → $67,721 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $171,400 (+41.1%)	$133,300 → $216,700 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $643 (+0.8%)	$732 → $835 (+14.1%)

Kasota

Population

803602

Median household income

$53,942$70,200

Median home value

$121,500$171,400

Median gross rent

$638$643

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)

	Kasota	Waterville
Under 5	4.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.0%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kasota	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	87.4%
Black or African American	7.8%	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	0.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kasota	Waterville
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	47.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kasota	Waterville
Drove alone	81.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	2.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kasota	Waterville
1-unit, detached	75.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Kasota	Waterville
Poverty rate	23.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1956	1967