With 11,047 people, Waynesboro is a city in Pennsylvania. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults. Owners hold 52% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $188,600, having more than doubled since 2000. 3% of people here were born outside the United States. There are 3,220 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,956, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Waynesboro
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.2% → 19.0%(+5.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$152,164 → $188,600(+24%)US over the same years: +67%
White share95.7% → 84.7%(−10.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Waynesboro's population equals 7.0% of Franklin County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.5% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 11% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)13.3%(85)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)46.6%(297)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.3%(161)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3%(19)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 637 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Waynesboro, decade by decade
Waynesboro population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,578
$55,134
$152,164
13.2%
10.5
2000
9,614
$57,517
$154,841
12.6%
13.7
2010
10,568
$59,204
$225,999
14.6%
22.0
2020
10,951
$56,091
$177,685
13.1%
32.0
2024
11,047
$66,956
$188,600
19.0%
34.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
