De Witt vs Waynesville

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

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

Waynesville has the higher population (348 vs 168 in De Witt). De Witt has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $64,583 in Waynesville). De Witt has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $86,200 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Waynesville
Population	168	348
Median age	41.0 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$64,583
Median home value	$93,500	$86,200
Housing units	110	180
Homeownership rate	88.9%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Waynesville
Population	215 → 168 (-21.9%)	410 → 348 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$54,211 → $78,750 (+45.3%)	$62,250 → $64,583 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $93,500 (+10.7%)	$73,700 → $86,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $825 (+32.0%)	$730 → $596 (-18.4%)

De Witt

Population

215168

Median household income

$54,211$78,750

Median home value

$84,500$93,500

Median gross rent

$625$825

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)

	De Witt	Waynesville
Under 5	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	28.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	1.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	20.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	23.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	17.5%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Waynesville
No high school diploma	12.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	54.1%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Waynesville
Drove alone	96.3%	93.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	49.1%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Waynesville
Poverty rate	4.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	56	29
Median year structure built	1976	1956