Ovid vs Waterloo

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

Ovid 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 436 in Ovid). Ovid has the higher median household income ($62,596 vs $52,404 in Waterloo). Waterloo has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $107,800 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	Ovid	Waterloo
Population	436	4,600
Median age	54.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,596	$52,404
Median home value	$107,800	$111,300
Median gross rent	$873	$910
Housing units	284	2,185
Homeownership rate	66.8%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ovid	Waterloo
Population	535 → 436 (-18.5%)	4,924 → 4,600 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $62,596 (+22.1%)	$59,154 → $52,404 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $107,800 (+23.6%)	$87,200 → $111,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $873 (+26.9%)	$767 → $910 (+18.6%)

Ovid

Population

535436

Median household income

$51,250$62,596

Median home value

$87,200$107,800

Median gross rent

$688$873

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)

	Ovid	Waterloo
Under 5	1.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	24.1%	11.3%
75 and over	7.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ovid	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ovid	Waterloo
No high school diploma	8.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	54.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ovid	Waterloo
Drove alone	89.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ovid	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	70.4%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Ovid	Waterloo
Poverty rate	10.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1947	1938