Hortense vs Waynesville

A side-by-side comparison of Hortense and Waynesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Hortense and Waynesville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waynesville has the higher population (979 vs 236 in Hortense). Hortense has the higher median household income ($220,313 vs $62,702 in Waynesville). Waynesville has the higher median home value ($172,200 vs $167,000 in Hortense).

Population, income & housing

	Hortense	Waynesville
Population	236	979
Median age	14.8 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$220,313	$62,702
Median home value	$167,000	$172,200
Housing units	88	238
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hortense	Waynesville
Population	534 → 236 (-55.8%)	728 → 979 (+34.5%)
Median household income	$101,755 → $220,313 (+116.5%)	$60,991 → $62,702 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $167,000 (-3.8%)	$150,200 → $172,200 (+14.6%)

Hortense

Population

534236

Median household income

$101,755$220,313

Median home value

$173,600$167,000

Waynesville

Population

728979

Median household income

$60,991$62,702

Median home value

$150,200$172,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hortense	Waynesville
Under 5	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 17	53.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	26.9%
35 to 44	33.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	2.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.2%
75 and over	0.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hortense	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hortense	Waynesville
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hortense	Waynesville
Drove alone	37.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	36.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hortense	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	53.4%	20.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.6%	79.8%

Poverty & households

	Hortense	Waynesville
Poverty rate	1.2%	38.5%
Average household size	5.62	4.66
Median year structure built	2002	1986