Waterville vs Whitehouse

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

Waterville and Whitehouse 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 4,757 in Whitehouse). Waterville has the higher median household income ($102,096 vs $89,375 in Whitehouse). Waterville has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $253,200 in Whitehouse).

Population, income & housing

	Waterville	Whitehouse
Population	5,997	4,757
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,096	$89,375
Median home value	$271,100	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,386	$915
Housing units	2,450	2,051
Homeownership rate	75.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterville	Whitehouse
Population	5,487 → 5,997 (+9.3%)	4,735 → 4,757 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$92,038 → $102,096 (+10.9%)	$73,875 → $89,375 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $271,100 (+38.0%)	$219,100 → $253,200 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,001 → $1,386 (+38.5%)	$866 → $915 (+5.7%)

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

Whitehouse

Population

4,7354,757

Median household income

$73,875$89,375

Median home value

$219,100$253,200

Median gross rent

$866$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waterville	Whitehouse
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.4%
75 and over	8.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterville	Whitehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterville	Whitehouse
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.8%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterville	Whitehouse
Drove alone	83.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.2%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterville	Whitehouse
1-unit, detached	69.8%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	12.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waterville	Whitehouse
Poverty rate	3.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1991	1994