Buckatunna vs Waynesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Buckatunna and Waynesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckatunna and Waynesboro are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waynesboro has the higher population (4,552 vs 297 in Buckatunna). Buckatunna has the higher median household income ($95,933 vs $30,910 in Waynesboro). Buckatunna has the higher median home value ($110,600 vs $84,400 in Waynesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
Population	297	4,552
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,933	$30,910
Median home value	$110,600	$84,400
Median gross rent	—	$810
Housing units	164	2,163
Homeownership rate	91.7%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
Population	490 → 297 (-39.4%)	4,863 → 4,552 (-6.4%)
Median household income	—	$26,773 → $30,910 (+15.5%)
Median home value	—	$85,300 → $84,400 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$505 → $810 (+60.4%)

Buckatunna

Population

490297

Waynesboro

Population

4,8634,552

Median household income

$26,773$30,910

Median home value

$85,300$84,400

Median gross rent

$505$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	47.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	46.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	2.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	2.4%	14.2%
75 and over	1.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	32.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	61.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
No high school diploma	4.5%	22.4%
High school graduate	52.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
Drove alone	50.4%	90.7%
Carpooled	49.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
1-unit, detached	73.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Buckatunna	Waynesboro
Poverty rate	2.4%	34.6%
Average household size	3.54	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1978	1973