Wallace vs Waverly

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (67 vs 21 in Waverly). Wallace has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $29,196 in Waverly). Wallace has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $83,200 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Wallace	Waverly
Population	67	21
Median age	48.5 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$29,196
Median home value	$85,600	$83,200
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	33	24
Homeownership rate	84.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallace	Waverly
Population	85 → 67 (-21.2%)	60 → 21 (-65.0%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $53,750 (-20.0%)	$28,646 → $29,196 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $85,600 (+78.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$575 → $575 (+0.0%)	—

Wallace

Population

8567

Median household income

$67,188$53,750

Median home value

$48,100$85,600

Median gross rent

$575$575

Waverly

Population

6021

Median household income

$28,646$29,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wallace	Waverly
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.5%	66.7%
55 to 64	20.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	20.9%	33.3%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallace	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	100.0%
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	4.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallace	Waverly
No high school diploma	6.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallace	Waverly
Drove alone	61.9%	73.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	14.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	9.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallace	Waverly
1-unit, detached	90.9%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Wallace	Waverly
Poverty rate	3.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.68	1.11
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938