Oregon vs Waterville

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

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

Oregon has the higher population (19,821 vs 5,997 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median household income ($102,096 vs $82,467 in Oregon). Waterville has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $191,300 in Oregon).

Population, income & housing

	Oregon	Waterville
Population	19,821	5,997
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,467	$102,096
Median home value	$191,300	$271,100
Median gross rent	$874	$1,386
Housing units	8,606	2,450
Homeownership rate	75.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oregon	Waterville
Population	20,017 → 19,821 (-1.0%)	5,487 → 5,997 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$60,078 → $82,467 (+37.3%)	$92,038 → $102,096 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$144,000 → $191,300 (+32.8%)	$196,400 → $271,100 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $874 (+30.3%)	$1,001 → $1,386 (+38.5%)

Oregon

Population

20,01719,821

Median household income

$60,078$82,467

Median home value

$144,000$191,300

Median gross rent

$671$874

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)

	Oregon	Waterville
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.3%
75 and over	9.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oregon	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oregon	Waterville
No high school diploma	6.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oregon	Waterville
Drove alone	83.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.3%
Other means	0.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oregon	Waterville
1-unit, detached	77.1%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oregon	Waterville
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1971	1991