Buchanan vs Waco

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Waco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buchanan has the higher population (1,324 vs 685 in Waco). Buchanan has the higher median household income ($49,271 vs $35,603 in Waco). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $151,100 in Waco).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Waco
Population	1,324	685
Median age	38.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,271	$35,603
Median home value	$173,400	$151,100
Median gross rent	$914	$855
Housing units	481	288
Homeownership rate	48.5%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Waco
Population	1,281 → 1,324 (+3.4%)	455 → 685 (+50.5%)
Median household income	$28,636 → $49,271 (+72.1%)	$48,750 → $35,603 (-27.0%)
Median home value	$127,100 → $173,400 (+36.4%)	$105,800 → $151,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $914 (+44.6%)	$771 → $855 (+10.9%)

Buchanan

Population

1,2811,324

Median household income

$28,636$49,271

Median home value

$127,100$173,400

Median gross rent

$632$914

Waco

Population

455685

Median household income

$48,750$35,603

Median home value

$105,800$151,100

Median gross rent

$771$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Waco
Under 5	4.5%	14.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	14.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	5.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	18.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.2%	10.1%
75 and over	5.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Waco
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	85.1%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	11.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Waco
No high school diploma	31.2%	22.5%
High school graduate	40.2%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Waco
Drove alone	85.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	9.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Waco
1-unit, detached	66.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Waco
Poverty rate	16.8%	25.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1969	1977