Sardis vs Waynesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Sardis and Waynesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waynesboro has the higher population (5,700 vs 920 in Sardis). Sardis has the higher median household income ($53,077 vs $36,156 in Waynesboro). Waynesboro has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $64,200 in Sardis).

Population, income & housing

	Sardis	Waynesboro
Population	920	5,700
Median age	45.4 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,077	$36,156
Median home value	$64,200	$96,000
Median gross rent	$768	$752
Housing units	664	2,502
Homeownership rate	78.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sardis	Waynesboro
Population	774 → 920 (+18.9%)	5,487 → 5,700 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$23,750 → $53,077 (+123.5%)	$29,408 → $36,156 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $64,200 (-7.0%)	$100,200 → $96,000 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $768 (+33.1%)	$561 → $752 (+34.0%)

Sardis

Population

774920

Median household income

$23,750$53,077

Median home value

$69,000$64,200

Median gross rent

$577$768

Waynesboro

Population

5,4875,700

Median household income

$29,408$36,156

Median home value

$100,200$96,000

Median gross rent

$561$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sardis	Waynesboro
Under 5	1.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	22.6%
18 to 24	0.8%	13.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	19.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	18.5%	8.0%
75 and over	9.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sardis	Waynesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	19.0%
Black or African American	58.0%	72.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sardis	Waynesboro
No high school diploma	11.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	52.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sardis	Waynesboro
Drove alone	75.9%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.2%
Other means	2.2%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sardis	Waynesboro
1-unit, detached	45.3%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	30.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	44.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Sardis	Waynesboro
Poverty rate	19.7%	32.6%
Average household size	1.60	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1984	1973