Richland vs Waynesville

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

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

Waynesville has the higher population (5,422 vs 2,256 in Richland). Waynesville has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $41,750 in Richland). Waynesville has the higher median home value ($204,100 vs $89,000 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	Waynesville
Population	2,256	5,422
Median age	32.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$75,179
Median home value	$89,000	$204,100
Median gross rent	$630	$899
Housing units	952	2,745
Homeownership rate	66.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	Waynesville
Population	1,797 → 2,256 (+25.5%)	5,257 → 5,422 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$32,381 → $41,750 (+28.9%)	$60,625 → $75,179 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $89,000 (+6.3%)	$186,600 → $204,100 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $630 (+34.6%)	$895 → $899 (+0.4%)

Richland

Population

1,7972,256

Median household income

$32,381$41,750

Median home value

$83,700$89,000

Median gross rent

$468$630

Waynesville

Population

5,2575,422

Median household income

$60,625$75,179

Median home value

$186,600$204,100

Median gross rent

$895$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland	Waynesville
Under 5	13.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	18.2%	21.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	6.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.8%
75 and over	7.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	Waynesville
No high school diploma	19.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	Waynesville
Drove alone	89.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	8.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	70.2%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Richland	Waynesville
Poverty rate	24.7%	11.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1972	1981