Piketon vs Waverly

A side-by-side comparison of Piketon and Waverly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waverly has the higher population (4,153 vs 2,603 in Piketon). Waverly has the higher median household income ($49,519 vs $41,923 in Piketon). Waverly has the higher median home value ($149,400 vs $122,400 in Piketon).

Population, income & housing

	Piketon	Waverly
Population	2,603	4,153
Median age	32.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,923	$49,519
Median home value	$122,400	$149,400
Median gross rent	$739	$939
Housing units	1,057	2,102
Homeownership rate	42.8%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piketon	Waverly
Population	2,269 → 2,603 (+14.7%)	4,291 → 4,153 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$38,241 → $41,923 (+9.6%)	$42,137 → $49,519 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $122,400 (+8.8%)	$108,900 → $149,400 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $739 (+23.2%)	$712 → $939 (+31.9%)

Piketon

Population

2,2692,603

Median household income

$38,241$41,923

Median home value

$112,500$122,400

Median gross rent

$600$739

Waverly

Population

4,2914,153

Median household income

$42,137$49,519

Median home value

$108,900$149,400

Median gross rent

$712$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piketon	Waverly
Under 5	12.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.6%
75 and over	7.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piketon	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piketon	Waverly
No high school diploma	16.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	44.8%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piketon	Waverly
Drove alone	97.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piketon	Waverly
1-unit, detached	53.0%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Piketon	Waverly
Poverty rate	23.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1975	1963