Sunnyside vs Waycross

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

Sunnyside 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 603 in Sunnyside). Since 2019, Waycross's population has grown faster (+0.9% vs -37.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Sunnyside	Waycross
Population	603	13,813
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$37,398
Median home value	—	$88,600
Median gross rent	—	$810
Housing units	485	6,961
Homeownership rate	80.8%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunnyside	Waycross
Population	968 → 603 (-37.7%)	13,692 → 13,813 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,118 → $42,045 (-22.3%)	$27,381 → $37,398 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $82,900 (-18.5%)	$70,100 → $88,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$627 → $810 (+29.2%)

Sunnyside

Population

968603

Median household income

$54,118$42,045

Median home value

$101,700$82,900

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)

	Sunnyside	Waycross
Under 5	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	25.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	2.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.0%
75 and over	38.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunnyside	Waycross
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	37.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunnyside	Waycross
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.3%
High school graduate	69.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunnyside	Waycross
Drove alone	96.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunnyside	Waycross
1-unit, detached	74.4%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Sunnyside	Waycross
Poverty rate	38.5%	34.4%
Average household size	1.78	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1982	1967