Minnesota · Census place 2768764

Waverly, Minnesota

Waverly is a city in Wright County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,241 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 253rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,241
#253 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+16.7%
+321 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.88 sq mi water
Density
1,350 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Waverly. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Waverly population, 2020 to 2024

Waverly added 321 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +16.7%. In the latest year it moved by +120.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,892. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Waverly covers 1.66 square miles of land and 0.88 of water, for 1,350 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Waverly is less dense than the typical town.

What county Waverly is in

All of Waverly's residents live in Wright County, which had 154,593 residents in 2024. Waverly holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waverly

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waverly by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55390. 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 Waverly is

The Census internal point of Waverly is at 45.063700, -93.966600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 42.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Montrose, MN (3,925 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 34.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.063700, -93.966600
DMS
45°03'49.32"N 93°57'59.76"W
UTM
15N 423901.6E 4990481.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q8327M+F9

Daylight in Waverly

At 45.06° N, Waverly gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waverly

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Montrose, 2.3 miles away, with 3,925 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Waverly, MN?

2,241 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 321 (16.7%) from 1,920 in July 2020.

What county is Waverly in?

Wright County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Waverly?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55390.

How far is Waverly from Saint Paul?

42.9 miles (69.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Waverly.

What is the nearest larger city to Waverly?

Montrose, MN, with 3,925 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.