Wayland vs Wyaconda

A side-by-side comparison of Wayland and Wyaconda: population, income, housing, and more.

Wayland and Wyaconda are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wayland has the higher population (489 vs 193 in Wyaconda). Since 2019, Wyaconda's population has grown faster (+38.8% vs -17.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Wayland	Wyaconda
Population	489	193
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,672
Median home value	—	$56,800
Median gross rent	$606	$471
Housing units	271	114
Homeownership rate	87.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wayland	Wyaconda
Population	595 → 489 (-17.8%)	139 → 193 (+38.8%)
Median household income	$39,844 → $21,875 (-45.1%)	$22,159 → $48,672 (+119.6%)
Median home value	—	$55,700 → $56,800 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $606 (+5.4%)	$455 → $471 (+3.5%)

Wayland

Population

595489

Median household income

$39,844$21,875

Median gross rent

$575$606

Wyaconda

Population

139193

Median household income

$22,159$48,672

Median home value

$55,700$56,800

Median gross rent

$455$471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wayland	Wyaconda
Under 5	1.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	3.9%	22.3%
18 to 24	1.0%	11.9%
25 to 34	24.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	19.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	23.3%
55 to 64	5.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.3%
75 and over	23.7%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wayland	Wyaconda
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wayland	Wyaconda
No high school diploma	7.6%	20.5%
High school graduate	52.8%	57.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wayland	Wyaconda
Drove alone	95.2%	91.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wayland	Wyaconda
1-unit, detached	60.9%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Wayland	Wyaconda
Poverty rate	8.4%	32.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	45
Median year structure built	1948	1956