Waterloo vs Watertown

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

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

Watertown has the higher population (22,873 vs 3,542 in Waterloo). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($78,103 vs $68,333 in Watertown). Waterloo has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $211,500 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Waterloo	Watertown
Population	3,542	22,873
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,103	$68,333
Median home value	$219,100	$211,500
Median gross rent	$974	$1,061
Housing units	1,620	9,360
Homeownership rate	65.7%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterloo	Watertown
Population	3,337 → 3,542 (+6.1%)	23,633 → 22,873 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$75,438 → $78,103 (+3.5%)	$51,534 → $68,333 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $219,100 (+35.7%)	$153,100 → $211,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $974 (+29.3%)	$860 → $1,061 (+23.4%)

Waterloo

Population

3,3373,542

Median household income

$75,438$78,103

Median home value

$161,500$219,100

Median gross rent

$753$974

Watertown

Population

23,63322,873

Median household income

$51,534$68,333

Median home value

$153,100$211,500

Median gross rent

$860$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waterloo	Watertown
Under 5	3.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.4%
75 and over	6.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterloo	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterloo	Watertown
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	41.7%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterloo	Watertown
Drove alone	80.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterloo	Watertown
1-unit, detached	63.0%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	10.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waterloo	Watertown
Poverty rate	16.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1965	1971