Shedd vs Waterloo

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

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

Waterloo has the higher population (242 vs 87 in Shedd). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($61,458 vs $53,304 in Shedd). Since 2019, Waterloo's population has grown faster (-9.4% vs -77.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Shedd	Waterloo
Population	87	242
Median age	40.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,304	$61,458
Median home value	—	$236,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,094
Housing units	65	79
Homeownership rate	61.5%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shedd	Waterloo
Population	394 → 87 (-77.9%)	267 → 242 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$34,341 → $53,304 (+55.2%)	$56,250 → $61,458 (+9.3%)
Median home value	—	$140,300 → $236,500 (+68.6%)

Shedd

Population

39487

Median household income

$34,341$53,304

Waterloo

Population

267242

Median household income

$56,250$61,458

Median home value

$140,300$236,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shedd	Waterloo
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	5.7%	6.2%
18 to 24	28.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	26.0%
35 to 44	20.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	17.2%	20.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.3%
75 and over	27.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shedd	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shedd	Waterloo
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	73.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shedd	Waterloo
Drove alone	—	83.3%
Carpooled	—	0.9%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	15.7%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shedd	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Shedd	Waterloo
Poverty rate	28.7%	3.7%
Average household size	1.13	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1994	1962