What is the population of Waynesboro city?

Waynesboro city has 22,574 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #56 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Waynesboro city?

Median household income in Waynesboro city is $56,364 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $972 a month and the median home value is $236,600, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waynesboro city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Waynesboro, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Waynesboro, Virginia (Waynesboro, VA — Census place “Waynesboro city”) is 22,574 residents, ranking #56 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $56,364, the median home is worth $236,600 and median gross rent runs $972 a month. Looking for the Waynesboro Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Waynesboro, VA: 22980.

Population: 22,574Waynesboro city residents
Median household income: $56,364Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $236,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $972Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.6%Owner-occupied households

Waynesboro ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Waynesboro.

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

22980

What the numbers mean in Waynesboro city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Waynesboro city median would spend about 20.7% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.7% of residents and 59.6% 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 city, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Waynesboro city is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 22,574 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #56 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 38.9 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 city earn a median of $56,364 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Waynesboro city is valued at $236,600, 22% below the national figure and 19% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $972 a month, 30.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,664 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.7% 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 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 59.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 city?: Waynesboro city has 22,574 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #56 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Waynesboro city?: Median household income in Waynesboro city is $56,364 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waynesboro city?: Median gross rent is $972 a month and the median home value is $236,600, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.
Is Waynesboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waynesboro city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Waynesboro city 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.