Waterloo vs Watts Mills

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

Waterloo and Watts Mills are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watts Mills has the higher population (2,250 vs 192 in Waterloo). Watts Mills has the higher median household income ($47,192 vs $41,250 in Waterloo). Since 2019, Watts Mills's population has grown faster (+63.4% vs +27.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
Population	192	2,250
Median age	49.4 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$47,192
Median gross rent	—	$818
Housing units	101	656
Homeownership rate	82.9%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
Population	151 → 192 (+27.2%)	1,377 → 2,250 (+63.4%)
Median household income	$21,250 → $41,250 (+94.1%)	$24,091 → $47,192 (+95.9%)
Median home value	—	$70,900 → $43,900 (-38.1%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $685 (+16.5%)	$823 → $818 (-0.6%)

Waterloo

Population

151192

Median household income

$21,250$41,250

Median gross rent

$588$685

Watts Mills

Population

1,3772,250

Median household income

$24,091$47,192

Median home value

$70,900$43,900

Median gross rent

$823$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
Under 5	17.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	7.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	36.4%
35 to 44	1.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	8.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	4.2%
75 and over	14.1%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	13.5%	51.2%
Black or African American	81.3%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
No high school diploma	16.5%	44.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
Drove alone	100.0%	58.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	40.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
1-unit, detached	71.3%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	36.3%

Poverty & households

	Waterloo	Watts Mills
Poverty rate	37.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.34	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	40	28
Median year structure built	1968	1975