What is the population of Waynesboro borough?

Waynesboro borough has 11,044 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #76 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Waynesboro borough?

Median household income in Waynesboro borough is $58,311 a year, 25.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waynesboro borough?

Median gross rent is $1,027 a month and the median home value is $180,400, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Waynesboro borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waynesboro borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Waynesboro, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania (Waynesboro, PA — Census place “Waynesboro borough”) is 11,044 residents, ranking #76 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $58,311, the median home is worth $180,400 and median gross rent runs $1,027 a month. Looking for the Waynesboro Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Waynesboro, PA: 17268.

Population: 11,044Waynesboro borough residents
Median household income: $58,311Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $180,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,027Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.6%Owner-occupied households

Waynesboro ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Waynesboro.

The Waynesboro PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

17268

What the numbers mean in Waynesboro borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Waynesboro borough median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.2% of residents and 49.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Waynesboro borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Waynesboro borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 11,044 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #76 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Waynesboro borough earn a median of $58,311 a year, 25.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Waynesboro borough is valued at $180,400, 40.5% below the national figure and 7% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,027 a month, 27% below the national figure, or roughly $12,324 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 49.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Waynesboro borough?: Waynesboro borough has 11,044 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #76 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Waynesboro borough?: Median household income in Waynesboro borough is $58,311 a year, 25.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waynesboro borough?: Median gross rent is $1,027 a month and the median home value is $180,400, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Waynesboro borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waynesboro borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Waynesboro borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.