State Line vs Waynesboro

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

State Line 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 853 in State Line). Waynesboro has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $54,600 in State Line). Since 2019, State Line's population has grown faster (+41.9% vs -6.4%).

Population, income & housing

	State Line	Waynesboro
Population	853	4,552
Median age	33.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$30,910
Median home value	$54,600	$84,400
Median gross rent	—	$810
Housing units	325	2,163
Homeownership rate	62.7%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	26.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	State Line	Waynesboro
Population	601 → 853 (+41.9%)	4,863 → 4,552 (-6.4%)
Median household income	—	$26,773 → $30,910 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$59,100 → $54,600 (-7.6%)	$85,300 → $84,400 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$412 → $329 (-20.1%)	$505 → $810 (+60.4%)

State Line

Population

601853

Median home value

$59,100$54,600

Median gross rent

$412$329

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)

	State Line	Waynesboro
Under 5	8.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	16.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	19.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	5.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	4.6%	14.2%
75 and over	2.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	State Line	Waynesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	32.1%
Black or African American	49.1%	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	1.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	State Line	Waynesboro
No high school diploma	21.7%	22.4%
High school graduate	38.9%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	State Line	Waynesboro
Drove alone	45.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	54.5%	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)

	State Line	Waynesboro
1-unit, detached	45.2%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	State Line	Waynesboro
Poverty rate	31.9%	34.6%
Average household size	3.09	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	48	32
Median year structure built	1992	1973