Waynesville vs Weldon

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

Waynesville and Weldon 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 323 in Weldon). Waynesville has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $60,083 in Weldon). Weldon has the higher median home value ($89,300 vs $86,200 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Waynesville	Weldon
Population	348	323
Median age	48.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$60,083
Median home value	$86,200	$89,300
Median gross rent	—	$936
Housing units	180	149
Homeownership rate	93.0%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waynesville	Weldon
Population	410 → 348 (-15.1%)	389 → 323 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$62,250 → $64,583 (+3.7%)	$41,442 → $60,083 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $86,200 (+17.0%)	$66,700 → $89,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $596 (-18.4%)	$778 → $936 (+20.3%)

Waynesville

Population

410348

Median household income

$62,250$64,583

Median home value

$73,700$86,200

Median gross rent

$730$596

Weldon

Population

389323

Median household income

$41,442$60,083

Median home value

$66,700$89,300

Median gross rent

$778$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waynesville	Weldon
Under 5	2.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	23.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	17.5%	14.6%
75 and over	6.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waynesville	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waynesville	Weldon
No high school diploma	1.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	65.3%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waynesville	Weldon
Drove alone	93.6%	91.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waynesville	Weldon
1-unit, detached	88.9%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.7%
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	8.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Waynesville	Weldon
Poverty rate	11.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1956	1956