Maple Lake vs Waverly

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

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

Maple Lake has the higher population (2,104 vs 1,947 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median household income ($113,269 vs $75,469 in Maple Lake). Waverly has the higher median home value ($284,600 vs $221,800 in Maple Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Lake	Waverly
Population	2,104	1,947
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,469	$113,269
Median home value	$221,800	$284,600
Median gross rent	$811	$913
Housing units	814	774
Homeownership rate	80.7%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Lake	Waverly
Population	2,315 → 2,104 (-9.1%)	1,410 → 1,947 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$69,327 → $75,469 (+8.9%)	$83,750 → $113,269 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $221,800 (+37.2%)	$193,100 → $284,600 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $811 (+12.5%)	$1,116 → $913 (-18.2%)

Maple Lake

Population

2,3152,104

Median household income

$69,327$75,469

Median home value

$161,700$221,800

Median gross rent

$721$811

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)

	Maple Lake	Waverly
Under 5	6.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	20.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	5.4%
75 and over	3.9%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Lake	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Lake	Waverly
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Lake	Waverly
Drove alone	85.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Lake	Waverly
1-unit, detached	84.8%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Maple Lake	Waverly
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1979	2004