Interlaken vs Waterloo

A side-by-side comparison of Interlaken and Waterloo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waterloo has the higher population (4,600 vs 556 in Interlaken). Interlaken has the higher median household income ($56,719 vs $52,404 in Waterloo). Interlaken has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $111,300 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Interlaken	Waterloo
Population	556	4,600
Median age	44.5 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$52,404
Median home value	$140,600	$111,300
Median gross rent	$1,094	$910
Housing units	334	2,185
Homeownership rate	65.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Interlaken	Waterloo
Population	583 → 556 (-4.6%)	4,924 → 4,600 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$50,139 → $56,719 (+13.1%)	$59,154 → $52,404 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $140,600 (+35.5%)	$87,200 → $111,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $1,094 (+80.8%)	$767 → $910 (+18.6%)

Interlaken

Population

583556

Median household income

$50,139$56,719

Median home value

$103,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$605$1,094

Waterloo

Population

4,9244,600

Median household income

$59,154$52,404

Median home value

$87,200$111,300

Median gross rent

$767$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Interlaken	Waterloo
Under 5	7.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.3%
75 and over	14.9%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Interlaken	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Interlaken	Waterloo
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Interlaken	Waterloo
Drove alone	78.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Interlaken	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	61.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	26.9%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Interlaken	Waterloo
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938