Size is not all that matters. But still, we would love to know how big Waterville in Maine is. Here is the answer:
Waterville, Maine covers an area of 36.39 square kilometers (14.05 square miles).
With 16,406 people living in Waterville that comes to a population density of 450.84 inhabitants per square kilometer (1167.69 / sq mi)
As a reference: The 8,398,748 people living in New York City are crammed onto 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi), which results into a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi).

Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The city is home to Colby College and Thomas College. As of the 2010 census the population was 15,722, and in 2018 the estimated population was 16,646. Along with Augusta, Waterville is one of the principal cities of the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Cities with a similar size as Waterville
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Waterville, Maine, here you go:
- Bothell, Washington with a size of 35.41 square kilometers (35.41 sq mi), population: 30,150
- Pekin, Illinois with a size of 39.94 square kilometers (39.94 sq mi), population: 34,094
- Brenham, Texas with a size of 33.34 square kilometers (33.34 sq mi), population: 15,716
- Grove City, Ohio with a size of 43.45 square kilometers (43.45 sq mi), population: 35,575
- Anacortes, Washington with a size of 40.53 square kilometers (40.53 sq mi), population: 15,778
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri with a size of 34.22 square kilometers (34.22 sq mi), population: 17,023
- Daphne, Alabama with a size of 45.32 square kilometers (45.32 sq mi), population: 23,633
- Coralville, Iowa with a size of 32.63 square kilometers (32.63 sq mi), population: 18,907
- Spanish Fork, Utah with a size of 41.35 square kilometers (41.35 sq mi), population: 36,956
- Diamond Bar, California with a size of 38.55 square kilometers (38.55 sq mi), population: 55,544
Cities with a similar population density as Waterville
Other cities that have a similar population density as Waterville, Maine are:
- Elizabethton, Tennessee with a population density of 551 people per sq km (1,428 / sq mi).
- Rome, Georgia with a population density of 432 people per sq km (1,119 / sq mi).
- Plymouth, Indiana with a population density of 511 people per sq km (1,325 / sq mi).
- Phenix City, Alabama with a population density of 516 people per sq km (1,336 / sq mi).
- Boone, Iowa with a population density of 540 people per sq km (1,399 / sq mi).
- Beaumont, Texas with a population density of 537 people per sq km (1,391 / sq mi).
- Kinston, North Carolina with a population density of 451 people per sq km (1,169 / sq mi).
- Ridgecrest, California with a population density of 495 people per sq km (1,283 / sq mi).
- Flagstaff, Arizona with a population density of 410 people per sq km (1,061 / sq mi).
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas with a population density of 456 people per sq km (1,182 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Waterville
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Waterville, Maine:
- Seagoville, Texas with a population of 14,835 people
- Erlanger, Kentucky with a population of 18,368 people
- Hawaiian Gardens, California with a population of 14,779 people
- Troy, Alabama with a population of 14,482 people
- Laconia, New Hampshire with a population of 15,951 people
- Madison, Mississippi with a population of 14,691 people
- Ypsilanti, Michigan with a population of 19,435 people
- West University Place, Texas with a population of 14,787 people
- Gardner, Kansas with a population of 19,123 people
- Bryant, Arkansas with a population of 16,688 people
