Deenwood vs Waycross

A side-by-side comparison of Deenwood and Waycross: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waycross has the higher population (13,813 vs 2,340 in Deenwood). Deenwood has the higher median household income ($57,717 vs $37,398 in Waycross). Deenwood has the higher median home value ($135,800 vs $88,600 in Waycross).

Population, income & housing

	Deenwood	Waycross
Population	2,340	13,813
Median age	39.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,717	$37,398
Median home value	$135,800	$88,600
Median gross rent	$838	$810
Housing units	916	6,961
Homeownership rate	76.9%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deenwood	Waycross
Population	2,579 → 2,340 (-9.3%)	13,692 → 13,813 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$38,663 → $57,717 (+49.3%)	$27,381 → $37,398 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$105,500 → $135,800 (+28.7%)	$70,100 → $88,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $838 (+7.9%)	$627 → $810 (+29.2%)

Deenwood

Population

2,5792,340

Median household income

$38,663$57,717

Median home value

$105,500$135,800

Median gross rent

$777$838

Waycross

Population

13,69213,813

Median household income

$27,381$37,398

Median home value

$70,100$88,600

Median gross rent

$627$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deenwood	Waycross
Under 5	3.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	24.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	4.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.0%
75 and over	13.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deenwood	Waycross
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	37.3%
Black or African American	16.5%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deenwood	Waycross
No high school diploma	4.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deenwood	Waycross
Drove alone	96.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	8.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deenwood	Waycross
1-unit, detached	86.1%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Deenwood	Waycross
Poverty rate	11.8%	34.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1978	1967