Clinton vs Waynesville

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Waynesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Clinton and Waynesville are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clinton has the higher population (7,012 vs 348 in Waynesville). Waynesville has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $55,960 in Clinton). Clinton has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $86,200 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Waynesville
Population	7,012	348
Median age	39.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,960	$64,583
Median home value	$101,200	$86,200
Median gross rent	$916	—
Housing units	3,492	180
Homeownership rate	64.0%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Waynesville
Population	7,062 → 7,012 (-0.7%)	410 → 348 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$46,923 → $55,960 (+19.3%)	$62,250 → $64,583 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $101,200 (+23.3%)	$73,700 → $86,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $916 (+62.7%)	$730 → $596 (-18.4%)

Clinton

Population

7,0627,012

Median household income

$46,923$55,960

Median home value

$82,100$101,200

Median gross rent

$563$916

Waynesville

Population

410348

Median household income

$62,250$64,583

Median home value

$73,700$86,200

Median gross rent

$730$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Waynesville
Under 5	8.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	23.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	17.5%
75 and over	9.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	99.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Waynesville
No high school diploma	12.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Waynesville
Drove alone	80.1%	93.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	79.2%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Waynesville
Poverty rate	16.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1955	1956