Petersville vs Waynesville

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

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

Petersville has the higher population (128 vs 113 in Waynesville). Petersville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $45,787 in Waynesville). Petersville has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $134,500 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Petersville	Waynesville
Population	128	113
Median age	33.6 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$45,787
Median home value	$155,000	$134,500
Housing units	58	65
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersville	Waynesville
Population	188 → 128 (-31.9%)	123 → 113 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$42,196 → $73,750 (+74.8%)	$43,361 → $45,787 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $155,000 (+64.7%)	$135,400 → $134,500 (-0.7%)

Petersville

Population

188128

Median household income

$42,196$73,750

Median home value

$94,100$155,000

Waynesville

Population

123113

Median household income

$43,361$45,787

Median home value

$135,400$134,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petersville	Waynesville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	48.4%	24.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	34.5%
65 to 74	34.4%	23.9%
75 and over	6.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersville	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersville	Waynesville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersville	Waynesville
Drove alone	67.5%	79.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.5%	20.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersville	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Petersville	Waynesville
Poverty rate	11.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1981	1958