Stillwater vs Waterford

A side-by-side comparison of Stillwater and Waterford: population, income, housing, and more.

Stillwater and Waterford are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waterford has the higher population (2,053 vs 1,876 in Stillwater). Stillwater has the higher median household income ($80,234 vs $68,203 in Waterford). Stillwater has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $166,700 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Stillwater	Waterford
Population	1,876	2,053
Median age	38.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,234	$68,203
Median home value	$243,800	$166,700
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,060
Housing units	911	1,140
Homeownership rate	58.1%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stillwater	Waterford
Population	1,943 → 1,876 (-3.4%)	2,091 → 2,053 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$84,018 → $80,234 (-4.5%)	$52,457 → $68,203 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $243,800 (+20.6%)	$160,700 → $166,700 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,018 (+1.4%)	$808 → $1,060 (+31.2%)

Stillwater

Population

1,9431,876

Median household income

$84,018$80,234

Median home value

$202,100$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,018

Waterford

Population

2,0912,053

Median household income

$52,457$68,203

Median home value

$160,700$166,700

Median gross rent

$808$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stillwater	Waterford
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	20.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	22.1%
75 and over	5.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stillwater	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stillwater	Waterford
No high school diploma	13.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stillwater	Waterford
Drove alone	78.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	8.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stillwater	Waterford
1-unit, detached	55.7%	29.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	30.5%	61.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Stillwater	Waterford
Poverty rate	10.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.29	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1975	1938