Waresboro vs Waycross

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

Waresboro 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 197 in Waresboro). Waycross has the higher median household income ($37,398 vs $33,616 in Waresboro). Waresboro has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $88,600 in Waycross).

Population, income & housing

	Waresboro	Waycross
Population	197	13,813
Median age	54.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,616	$37,398
Median home value	$108,900	$88,600
Median gross rent	—	$810
Housing units	166	6,961
Homeownership rate	100.0%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waresboro	Waycross
Population	305 → 197 (-35.4%)	13,692 → 13,813 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$31,964 → $33,616 (+5.2%)	$27,381 → $37,398 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$74,700 → $108,900 (+45.8%)	$70,100 → $88,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$627 → $810 (+29.2%)

Waresboro

Population

305197

Median household income

$31,964$33,616

Median home value

$74,700$108,900

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)

	Waresboro	Waycross
Under 5	17.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	19.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	32.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	16.8%	9.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waresboro	Waycross
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	37.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waresboro	Waycross
No high school diploma	19.1%	18.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waresboro	Waycross
Drove alone	63.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	36.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waresboro	Waycross
1-unit, detached	41.6%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	58.4%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Waresboro	Waycross
Poverty rate	10.7%	34.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1994	1967