Le Sueur vs Waterville

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

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

Le Sueur has the higher population (4,204 vs 1,778 in Waterville). Le Sueur has the higher median household income ($71,563 vs $67,721 in Waterville). Both have a median home value of $216,700.

Population, income & housing

	Le Sueur	Waterville
Population	4,204	1,778
Median age	36.7 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,563	$67,721
Median home value	$216,700	$216,700
Median gross rent	$868	$835
Housing units	1,957	1,008
Homeownership rate	65.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Sueur	Waterville
Population	4,018 → 4,204 (+4.6%)	1,872 → 1,778 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$56,992 → $71,563 (+25.6%)	$51,736 → $67,721 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $216,700 (+52.0%)	$133,300 → $216,700 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $868 (+33.1%)	$732 → $835 (+14.1%)

Le Sueur

Population

4,0184,204

Median household income

$56,992$71,563

Median home value

$142,600$216,700

Median gross rent

$652$868

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 Sueur	Waterville
Under 5	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.0%
75 and over	9.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Sueur	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	87.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Sueur	Waterville
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Sueur	Waterville
Drove alone	79.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Sueur	Waterville
1-unit, detached	62.9%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	14.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Le Sueur	Waterville
Poverty rate	17.3%	11.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1963	1967