What is the population of Waterville city?

Waterville city has 5,997 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #267 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Waterville city?

Median household income in Waterville city is $102,096 a year, 30% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waterville city?

Median gross rent is $1,386 a month and the median home value is $271,100, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.

Is Waterville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waterville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Waterville, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Waterville, Ohio (Waterville, OH — Census place “Waterville city”) is 5,997 residents, ranking #267 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $102,096, the median home is worth $271,100 and median gross rent runs $1,386 a month. Looking for the Waterville Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Waterville, OH: 43566.

Population: 5,997Waterville city residents
Median household income: $102,096Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $271,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,386Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.1%Owner-occupied households

Waterville ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Waterville.

The Waterville OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

43566

What the numbers mean in Waterville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Waterville city median would spend about 16.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.7% of residents and 75.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Waterville city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Waterville city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 5,997 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #267 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 41.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Waterville city earn a median of $102,096 a year, 30% above the national figure of $78,538 and 54% above the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Waterville city is valued at $271,100, 10.6% below the national figure and 61% above the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,386 a month, 1.4% below the national figure, or roughly $16,632 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Waterville city?: Waterville city has 5,997 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #267 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Waterville city?: Median household income in Waterville city is $102,096 a year, 30% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waterville city?: Median gross rent is $1,386 a month and the median home value is $271,100, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.
Is Waterville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waterville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Waterville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.