Le Center vs Waterville

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

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

Le Center has the higher population (2,514 vs 1,778 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median household income ($67,721 vs $66,864 in Le Center). Waterville has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $189,800 in Le Center).

Population, income & housing

	Le Center	Waterville
Population	2,514	1,778
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,864	$67,721
Median home value	$189,800	$216,700
Median gross rent	$856	$835
Housing units	1,034	1,008
Homeownership rate	69.7%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Center	Waterville
Population	2,475 → 2,514 (+1.6%)	1,872 → 1,778 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $66,864 (+22.3%)	$51,736 → $67,721 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $189,800 (+35.2%)	$133,300 → $216,700 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $856 (+21.9%)	$732 → $835 (+14.1%)

Le Center

Population

2,4752,514

Median household income

$54,659$66,864

Median home value

$140,400$189,800

Median gross rent

$702$856

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)

	Le Center	Waterville
Under 5	4.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.0%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Center	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	0.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Center	Waterville
No high school diploma	10.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	40.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Center	Waterville
Drove alone	80.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Center	Waterville
1-unit, detached	79.7%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.8%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Le Center	Waterville
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1961	1967