Lane vs Waynesville

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

Lane 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 145 in Lane). Since 2019, Lane's population has grown faster (-11.6% vs -15.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lane	Waynesville
Population	145	348
Median age	10.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,583
Median home value	—	$86,200
Housing units	40	180
Homeownership rate	10.0%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lane	Waynesville
Population	164 → 145 (-11.6%)	410 → 348 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$57,813 → $45,455 (-21.4%)	$62,250 → $64,583 (+3.7%)
Median home value	—	$73,700 → $86,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$730 → $596 (-18.4%)

Lane

Population

164145

Median household income

$57,813$45,455

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)

	Lane	Waynesville
Under 5	19.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	46.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	3.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	24.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	23.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.5%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lane	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	38.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lane	Waynesville
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	68.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lane	Waynesville
Drove alone	100.0%	93.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Lane	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	10.0%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	90.0%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Lane	Waynesville
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.3%
Average household size	3.63	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1974	1956