Clearwater vs Waverly

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater and Waverly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waverly has the higher population (1,947 vs 1,904 in Clearwater). Waverly has the higher median household income ($113,269 vs $89,219 in Clearwater). Waverly has the higher median home value ($284,600 vs $248,100 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Waverly
Population	1,904	1,947
Median age	30.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,219	$113,269
Median home value	$248,100	$284,600
Median gross rent	$1,074	$913
Housing units	761	774
Homeownership rate	63.6%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Waverly
Population	1,859 → 1,904 (+2.4%)	1,410 → 1,947 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $89,219 (+33.0%)	$83,750 → $113,269 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $248,100 (+44.2%)	$193,100 → $284,600 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,074 (+28.5%)	$1,116 → $913 (-18.2%)

Clearwater

Population

1,8591,904

Median household income

$67,063$89,219

Median home value

$172,000$248,100

Median gross rent

$836$1,074

Waverly

Population

1,4101,947

Median household income

$83,750$113,269

Median home value

$193,100$284,600

Median gross rent

$1,116$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Waverly
Under 5	8.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	23.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.5%	5.4%
75 and over	5.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Waverly
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Waverly
Drove alone	89.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Waverly
1-unit, detached	55.5%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	21.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Waverly
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	2002	2004