Waverly vs Wellington

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (854 vs 553 in Wellington). Wellington has the higher median household income ($67,404 vs $48,000 in Waverly). Wellington has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $107,500 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Waverly	Wellington
Population	854	553
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,000	$67,404
Median home value	$107,500	$142,000
Median gross rent	$835	$963
Housing units	341	269
Homeownership rate	53.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waverly	Wellington
Population	823 → 854 (+3.8%)	774 → 553 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $48,000 (-2.0%)	$55,104 → $67,404 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $107,500 (+34.7%)	$110,100 → $142,000 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $835 (+23.2%)	$277 → $963 (+247.7%)

Waverly

Population

823854

Median household income

$49,000$48,000

Median home value

$79,800$107,500

Median gross rent

$678$835

Wellington

Population

774553

Median household income

$55,104$67,404

Median home value

$110,100$142,000

Median gross rent

$277$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waverly	Wellington
Under 5	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	18.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.1%
75 and over	8.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waverly	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	95.3%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waverly	Wellington
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	56.8%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waverly	Wellington
Drove alone	76.1%	88.8%
Carpooled	17.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waverly	Wellington
1-unit, detached	80.1%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waverly	Wellington
Poverty rate	8.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1971	1958