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Waverly, Michigan.

A community in Eaton County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Eaton County’s.

Living in Waverly, Eaton County, Michigan

Waverly, in Eaton County, had 23,812 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $75,700 a year and half less, against $79,597 across Eaton County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. Unemployment in Eaton County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 23,812 in the 2020 census; median age 41.7
Household income $75,700 the median, give or take $4,522 · Eaton County: $79,597
Unemployment 4.4% Eaton County, August 2026; 4.7% a year before
Homes 56% lived in by their owners; 44% rented
  • 11,368households
  • 44%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 18 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Banks, insurance and property12%
  • Government12%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Shops (retail)9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Eaton County had 45,625 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 31° and 17°; warmest in July, 83° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 31° 17° F M A M J J 83° 61° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 31° and 17°; warmest in July, 83° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 31° 17° F M A M J J 83° 61° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°. About 50 inches of snow and 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lansing Capital City Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Waverly

  1. Waverly Community SchoolsSchool district435FTE
  2. Horrocks Farm MarketGrocery stores374
  3. MeijerRetail262
  4. Kroger Michigan KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores129
  5. TargetDiscount department stores110
  6. Lake CountryHotels80
  7. Medilodge of LansingSkilled nursing facilities76
  8. Janmac Expedited ServicesDelivery service74

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,474 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. HailRelatively moderate
  3. Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of WaverlyRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Waverly’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Eaton County.