Wapella vs Waynesville

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

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

Wapella has the higher population (465 vs 348 in Waynesville). Waynesville has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $59,375 in Wapella). Wapella has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $86,200 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Wapella	Waynesville
Population	465	348
Median age	40.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$64,583
Median home value	$101,800	$86,200
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	236	180
Homeownership rate	90.2%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wapella	Waynesville
Population	565 → 465 (-17.7%)	410 → 348 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $59,375 (+1.2%)	$62,250 → $64,583 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $101,800 (+14.8%)	$73,700 → $86,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $950 (+40.1%)	$730 → $596 (-18.4%)

Wapella

Population

565465

Median household income

$58,667$59,375

Median home value

$88,700$101,800

Median gross rent

$678$950

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)

	Wapella	Waynesville
Under 5	8.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	23.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	17.5%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wapella	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wapella	Waynesville
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	46.6%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wapella	Waynesville
Drove alone	65.2%	93.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.4%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wapella	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	91.9%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	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	6.4%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Wapella	Waynesville
Poverty rate	2.6%	11.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1967	1956