Waterman is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2020 census.
The village is known for the DeKalb Ag seed corn processing plant, now owned by the German company, Bayer. The "Waterman and Western" train line that operated in Lion's Club Park was a 1/3 scale train line with a 1/2 mile train line circling the park and was a hobby of a local resident before it was destroyed by a fire in 2021.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Waterman has a total area of , of which (or 99.87%) is land and (or 0.13%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Waterman had a population of 1,433. The median age was 37.3 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 104.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.7 males age 18 and over.
The population density was . There were 591 housing units at an average density of .
There were 541 households in Waterman, of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 52.9% were married-couple households, 17.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.