Is Waterloo a good place to live?
YesYes — Waterloo works well for high-income, highly-educated households.
How Waterloo stacks up vs Ontario
Bars show the percentile rank of each axis among Ontario's 20,000+ census Dissemination Areas. The vertical mark is the Ontario median (p50).
Why Waterloo works
- 43.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher — meaningfully above Ontario's ~20% average.
- 22.2% of households spend 30%+ on housing — more affordable than Ontario's ~27% average.
- Median family income of $104,500 — about $8,500 above the Ontario DA median.
5 neighbourhoods to look at in Waterloo
- Rummelhardt — $147,000 residents · 50.4 income · age 57.0%
- Millennium & Cider Mill — $140,000 residents · 40.0 income · age 50.0%
- Erbsville — $98,000 residents · 34.4 income · age 51.9%
- Clair Hills — $119,000 residents · 34.8 income · age 49.4%
- Uptown — $90,000 residents · 60.4 income · age 52.6%
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