Kilkenny vs Waterville

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

Kilkenny 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 92 in Kilkenny). Waterville has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $104,200 in Kilkenny). Since 2019, Waterville's population has grown faster (-5.0% vs -45.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Kilkenny	Waterville
Population	92	1,778
Median age	54.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,721
Median home value	$104,200	$216,700
Median gross rent	—	$835
Housing units	55	1,008
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilkenny	Waterville
Population	168 → 92 (-45.2%)	1,872 → 1,778 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$43,021 → $45,625 (+6.1%)	$51,736 → $67,721 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $104,200 (+4.2%)	$133,300 → $216,700 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,014 (+10.2%)	$732 → $835 (+14.1%)

Kilkenny

Population

16892

Median household income

$43,021$45,625

Median home value

$100,000$104,200

Median gross rent

$920$1,014

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)

	Kilkenny	Waterville
Under 5	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	18.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	29.3%	13.0%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilkenny	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	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	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilkenny	Waterville
No high school diploma	6.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	52.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilkenny	Waterville
Drove alone	92.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilkenny	Waterville
1-unit, detached	72.7%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	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	14.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Kilkenny	Waterville
Poverty rate	6.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1944	1967