Wakefield vs Waverly

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (2,629 vs 1,082 in Wakefield). Waverly has the higher median household income ($71,154 vs $56,250 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $135,300 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Wakefield	Waverly
Population	1,082	2,629
Median age	40.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$71,154
Median home value	$155,600	$135,300
Median gross rent	$959	$947
Housing units	472	1,014
Homeownership rate	72.5%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wakefield	Waverly
Population	1,175 → 1,082 (-7.9%)	2,633 → 2,629 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$35,556 → $56,250 (+58.2%)	$52,025 → $71,154 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$104,300 → $155,600 (+49.2%)	$115,100 → $135,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $959 (+18.4%)	$941 → $947 (+0.6%)

Wakefield

Population

1,1751,082

Median household income

$35,556$56,250

Median home value

$104,300$155,600

Median gross rent

$810$959

Waverly

Population

2,6332,629

Median household income

$52,025$71,154

Median home value

$115,100$135,300

Median gross rent

$941$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wakefield	Waverly
Under 5	0.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	8.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	20.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.2%
75 and over	14.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wakefield	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	18.3%
Black or African American	64.6%	78.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wakefield	Waverly
No high school diploma	12.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wakefield	Waverly
Drove alone	90.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	2.3%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wakefield	Waverly
1-unit, detached	85.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Wakefield	Waverly
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1963	1978