Higginsville vs Waverly

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

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

Higginsville has the higher population (4,775 vs 854 in Waverly). Higginsville has the higher median household income ($76,409 vs $48,000 in Waverly). Higginsville has the higher median home value ($163,700 vs $107,500 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Higginsville	Waverly
Population	4,775	854
Median age	42.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,409	$48,000
Median home value	$163,700	$107,500
Median gross rent	$901	$835
Housing units	2,452	341
Homeownership rate	71.4%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higginsville	Waverly
Population	4,619 → 4,775 (+3.4%)	823 → 854 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$45,921 → $76,409 (+66.4%)	$49,000 → $48,000 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $163,700 (+56.1%)	$79,800 → $107,500 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $901 (+23.4%)	$678 → $835 (+23.2%)

Higginsville

Population

4,6194,775

Median household income

$45,921$76,409

Median home value

$104,900$163,700

Median gross rent

$730$901

Waverly

Population

823854

Median household income

$49,000$48,000

Median home value

$79,800$107,500

Median gross rent

$678$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higginsville	Waverly
Under 5	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	26.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	18.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.1%
75 and over	9.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higginsville	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	5.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higginsville	Waverly
No high school diploma	13.3%	9.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higginsville	Waverly
Drove alone	85.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higginsville	Waverly
1-unit, detached	81.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Higginsville	Waverly
Poverty rate	6.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1971	1971