Sodaville vs Waterloo

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

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

Sodaville has the higher population (363 vs 242 in Waterloo). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($61,458 vs $57,500 in Sodaville). Sodaville has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $236,500 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Sodaville	Waterloo
Population	363	242
Median age	44.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$61,458
Median home value	$300,000	$236,500
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,094
Housing units	200	79
Homeownership rate	82.8%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sodaville	Waterloo
Population	386 → 363 (-6.0%)	267 → 242 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $57,500 (-6.1%)	$56,250 → $61,458 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $300,000 (+39.7%)	$140,300 → $236,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,156 (+12.1%)	—

Sodaville

Population

386363

Median household income

$61,250$57,500

Median home value

$214,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,156

Waterloo

Population

267242

Median household income

$56,250$61,458

Median home value

$140,300$236,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sodaville	Waterloo
Under 5	6.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	6.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	26.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	20.7%
55 to 64	21.5%	6.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	15.3%
75 and over	4.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sodaville	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	8.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sodaville	Waterloo
No high school diploma	16.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	26.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sodaville	Waterloo
Drove alone	73.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	17.4%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sodaville	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	73.0%	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	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Sodaville	Waterloo
Poverty rate	14.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.84	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	39	38
Median year structure built	1960	1962