Seneca Falls vs Waterloo

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

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

Seneca Falls has the higher population (6,967 vs 4,600 in Waterloo). Seneca Falls has the higher median household income ($54,429 vs $52,404 in Waterloo). Seneca Falls has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $111,300 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
Population	6,967	4,600
Median age	47.7 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,429	$52,404
Median home value	$119,300	$111,300
Median gross rent	$905	$910
Housing units	3,676	2,185
Homeownership rate	63.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
Population	6,055 → 6,967 (+15.1%)	4,924 → 4,600 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$47,523 → $54,429 (+14.5%)	$59,154 → $52,404 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $119,300 (+23.2%)	$87,200 → $111,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $905 (+17.7%)	$767 → $910 (+18.6%)

Seneca Falls

Population

6,0556,967

Median household income

$47,523$54,429

Median home value

$96,800$119,300

Median gross rent

$769$905

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)

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.3%
75 and over	10.1%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
No high school diploma	14.7%	11.3%
High school graduate	29.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
Drove alone	76.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.2%	1.4%
Walked	5.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	12.6%
Other means	3.5%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	61.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Seneca Falls	Waterloo
Poverty rate	15.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1948	1938