WaverlyMI
23,575 residents make their home in this town in Michigan.
Is Waverly a good place to live?
Waverly’s typical journey to work is 18 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Grand Woods Park, 142 acres with 3.2 miles of trail. We don’t grade Waverly yet; the figures below are still real.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Waverly.
The biggest natural risk in Waverly is inland flooding, at a low overall level
13 flood insurance claims have been paid in Waverly since 1981. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Waverly brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
About 50 inches of snow fall in a winter here; January nights dip to 16° and July afternoons rise to 82°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A job hub: Waverly has 1.2 jobs for every working resident and draws in 11,106 commuters
The top destinations are Lansing (29%), Delta Township (16%) and East Lansing (7%). Most working residents leave Waverly for work: only 11% work in town. Employers in Waverly shed 3,719 jobs between 2011 and 2021, to 12,165. Nearly a fifth of Waverly workers do their job from home.
| Waverly | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
How healthy Waverly is
In Waverly, just over one in ten adults smoke cigarettes. Two figures for adults here: 13% report frequent physical distress, 81% had a checkup this year.
| Waverly | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Waverly | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer smokers | 11.6% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.8% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conservation land takes up 5.8% of Waverly
In Waverly, the density of trails is 0.8 miles per square mile. Walkers can cover 7.6 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Parkland in Waverly adds up to 329 acres.
| Waverly | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grand Woods Park | 3.2 mi | 142 |
| 2. Players Club | 1.8 mi | 64 |
| 3. Sharp Park | 0.7 mi | 91 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Waverly
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Waverly. Close and well known come first.
8 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
38 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
6 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
4 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
8 mi Stadium & arenaSpartan Stadium
36 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of MagicPhoto credits
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · Spartan Stadium: Steven Depolo from Grand Rapids, MI, USA, CC BY 2.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Waverly: who provides what
Waverly is unincorporated, so Eaton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Waverly
About 5 of every 100 Waverly residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Waverly
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Waverly is an unincorporated community in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes and has no legal status as a municipality. The population was 23,812 at the 2020 census. Waverly is home to the Lansing Mall and Waverly Community Schools. The community is within Delta Charter Township and adjacent to the city of Lansing and Lansing Charter Township. The Lansing ZIP code 48917 serves the area defined by the Waverly CDP.
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- Area
- 9.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 860 ft
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