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Waynesboro, MS

4,552 Population
12.7 square miles 358.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±5.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 39.1 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,455 ±$11,174 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $26,336 † ±$3,342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$30,910 ±$8,546 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $36,791 ±$2,871
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

34.6% ±13.2% (1,552  ±593) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 22.9% † 4,484 (±4.9% / ±952)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

32.1 minutes ±11.2 (39,735  ±17,168) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 31.8 227,165 (±3.1 / ±28,471)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

1,737 ±203 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 7,446 ±343
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.3 (4,443  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.6 19,575 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

7.6% ±9% (86  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 7.2% † 320 (±3.8% / ±171)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

2,163 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 9,101 ±14
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$84,400 ±$20,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $88,000 † ±$9,202
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

10.5% ±8.5% (471  ±380.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Wayne County: 5.2% † 1,013 (±2.6% / ±498.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

77.6% ±13.8% (2,310  ±453.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 84% 10,690 (±6.6% / ±865)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
21.5% ±8.4% (639  ±256) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wayne County: 16.7% † 2,127 (±3.4% / ±430.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.6% ±5.8% (209  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 4.3% 848
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

2.7% ±2.7% (89  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 4.1% † 607 (±1.4% / ±202)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
89 Total veterans ±88 89 Male ±88 N/A Female ±14

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