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Waynesville, MO

5,422 Population
7.2 square miles 758 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 27.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,992 ±$4,777 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $29,250 ±$1,391
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$75,179 ±$33,138 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $66,435 ±$3,925
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

11.9% ±5.6% (614  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 12.8% † 5,608 (±1.7% / ±756)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

18.4 minutes ±1.9 (41,080  ±8,596) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 19.4 483,900 (±0.8 / ±31,212)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

2,387 ±364 Number of households
  • the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 16,434 ±461
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±0.3 (5,257  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 2.7 44,096 (±0.1 / ±76)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

13% ±9.5% (145  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 5.2% † 683 (±1.8% / ±236)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,745 ±312 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 19,374 ±64
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$204,100 ±$28,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $189,700 ±$8,526
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

13.2% ±7.2% (706  ±383.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 30.7% 16,370 (±2.5% / ±1,317.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

96.6% ±14.3% (3,717  ±627.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 94.1% 27,673 (±4.5% / ±1,406.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
36.6% ±10.2% (1,409  ±409.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 27.9% 8,208 (±2.6% / ±791.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

4.4% ±2.8% (239  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 4.9% 2,636
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

27% ±6.8% (1,018  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 17.2% † 5,613 (±1.8% / ±615)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
1,018 Total veterans ±269 851 Male ±265 167 Female ±127

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