Holland vs Waterville

A side-by-side comparison of Holland and Waterville: population, income, housing, and more.

Holland and Waterville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waterville has the higher population (5,997 vs 1,444 in Holland). Waterville has the higher median household income ($102,096 vs $66,250 in Holland). Waterville has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $193,000 in Holland).

Population, income & housing

	Holland	Waterville
Population	1,444	5,997
Median age	52.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$102,096
Median home value	$193,000	$271,100
Median gross rent	$802	$1,386
Housing units	679	2,450
Homeownership rate	65.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holland	Waterville
Population	1,660 → 1,444 (-13.0%)	5,487 → 5,997 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $66,250 (+14.0%)	$92,038 → $102,096 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $193,000 (+19.0%)	$196,400 → $271,100 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $802 (+10.0%)	$1,001 → $1,386 (+38.5%)

Holland

Population

1,6601,444

Median household income

$58,125$66,250

Median home value

$162,200$193,000

Median gross rent

$729$802

Waterville

Population

5,4875,997

Median household income

$92,038$102,096

Median home value

$196,400$271,100

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holland	Waterville
Under 5	2.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	10.3%
75 and over	11.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holland	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	85.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holland	Waterville
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holland	Waterville
Drove alone	87.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holland	Waterville
1-unit, detached	67.2%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holland	Waterville
Poverty rate	8.8%	3.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1974	1991