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Waverly, IA vs Elma, IA

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- Elma is 0% more densely populated than Waverly.
- People are 14.3% less likely to be married in Elma.
- The Median Age is 8.5 years older in Elma.
 Waverly, IAElma, IAUnited States
 Population  Unlock554329,725,481
 Female Population53.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population46.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock41.838.4
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 Population - 20109,883  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock598285,036,114
 Population - 19908,539  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-11.5%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now20.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock429.893.4
 Land Area11.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Waverly, IAElma, IAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.5%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock9.0%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.4%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.7%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2010.9%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock1.1%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.7%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.3%12.9%
 Age 45 to 548.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock3.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.3%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.0%9.6%
 Age 75 to 846.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock7.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Waverly, IAElma, IAUnited States
 White89.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.0%12.2%
 Asian2.0%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.2%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock0.0%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Waverly, IAElma, IAUnited States
 Married Population48.8%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock39.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock58.2%50.2%
 Never Married37.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock14.8%10.8%
 Widowed5.9%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.152.60
 Households3,689  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock13080,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.3%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock43.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households1,204  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock26.2%15.8%
     Single householder, no children3.1%  Unlock10.8%
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Reviews for Waverly    3 Reviews
La · Columbus, GA
Clean and safe town with good amenities
Over 3 years ago

The city is very clean and safe. Nice, well kept parks and recreation areas. Bike trails wind throughout town and excellent public recreation center. Because of the  More

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Sam · Waverly, IA
It's Better than you'd think
Over 6 years ago

Waverly is a quite nice town, it has a nice amount of gas stations with reasonable prices and has 4 big name grocery stores. TBH it has one of everything. It has all  More

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john · Sacramento, CA
quiet little college town ...
Over 16 years ago

... it's Mayberry RFD  More

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