Silver Creek vs Waverly

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

Silver Creek 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 156 in Silver Creek). Waverly has the higher median household income ($113,269 vs $66,500 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $284,600 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Creek	Waverly
Population	156	1,947
Median age	64.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,500	$113,269
Median home value	$400,000	$284,600
Median gross rent	—	$913
Housing units	74	774
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Creek	Waverly
Population	272 → 156 (-42.6%)	1,410 → 1,947 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$61,125 → $66,500 (+8.8%)	$83,750 → $113,269 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$198,100 → $400,000 (+101.9%)	$193,100 → $284,600 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $708 (-0.7%)	$1,116 → $913 (-18.2%)

Silver Creek

Population

272156

Median household income

$61,125$66,500

Median home value

$198,100$400,000

Median gross rent

$713$708

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)

	Silver Creek	Waverly
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	3.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	26.3%	5.4%
75 and over	22.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Creek	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Creek	Waverly
No high school diploma	13.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	46.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Creek	Waverly
Drove alone	85.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Creek	Waverly
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Silver Creek	Waverly
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	39
Median year structure built	1950	2004