Waterville, Maine

Waterville population, 2020 to 2024

Waterville added 642 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 20 Maine places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +1.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maine has 18,252 people, so Waterville is 95% of it.

Waterville covers 13.53 square miles of land and 0.47 of water, for 1,281 people per square mile of land. The median Maine place of 5,000+ has 548, so Waterville is denser than the typical town.

What county Waterville is in

All of Waterville's residents live in Kennebec County, which had 128,461 residents in 2024. Waterville holds 13.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waterville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waterville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 04901. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Waterville is

The Census internal point of Waterville is at 44.545300, -69.661400. Augusta, the capital, is 17.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Augusta, ME (19,168 people), 15.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 139.7 miles away.

Daylight in Waterville

At 44.55° N, Waterville gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waterville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maine, measured between internal points. The closest is Augusta, 15.0 miles away, with 19,168 people.