Howard Lake vs Waverly

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

Howard Lake 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 1,864 in Howard Lake). Waverly has the higher median household income ($113,269 vs $99,464 in Howard Lake). Waverly has the higher median home value ($284,600 vs $239,100 in Howard Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Howard Lake	Waverly
Population	1,864	1,947
Median age	45.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,464	$113,269
Median home value	$239,100	$284,600
Median gross rent	$930	$913
Housing units	881	774
Homeownership rate	76.9%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard Lake	Waverly
Population	1,881 → 1,864 (-0.9%)	1,410 → 1,947 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$52,731 → $99,464 (+88.6%)	$83,750 → $113,269 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $239,100 (+55.5%)	$193,100 → $284,600 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $930 (+20.2%)	$1,116 → $913 (-18.2%)

Howard Lake

Population

1,8811,864

Median household income

$52,731$99,464

Median home value

$153,800$239,100

Median gross rent

$774$930

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)

	Howard Lake	Waverly
Under 5	9.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	5.4%
75 and over	11.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard Lake	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard Lake	Waverly
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard Lake	Waverly
Drove alone	78.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard Lake	Waverly
1-unit, detached	72.3%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Howard Lake	Waverly
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1991	2004