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Waverly, IA

10,494 Population
11.3 square miles 931.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,064 ±$8,165 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $38,690 ±$974
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,284 ±$8,947 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $70,811 ±$1,386
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.9% ±3.1% (992  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13.2% 21,376 (±0.9% / ±1,520)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±1.4 (80,970  ±8,816) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17 1,309,795 (±0.4 / ±40,967)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,856 ±147 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 69,396 ±611
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (9,117  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.3 162,108 (±0 / ±95)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±1.9% (89  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6.1% † 2,469 (±0.9% / ±379)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,111 ±146 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 75,074 ±157
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$223,300 ±$14,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $194,800 ±$4,046
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18% ±4% (1,882  ±414.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 15% 24,857 (±1% / ±1,722.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±5.2% (5,919  ±394.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 93.7% 101,753 (±1.8% / ±1,962)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44.1% ±3.9% (2,749  ±264.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 31% 33,664 (±1.1% / ±1,147.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±0.9% (288  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.4% 9,098
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.3% (481  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.8% 7,630 (±0.4% / ±481)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
481 Total veterans ±110 455 Male ±111 26 Female ±19

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