Lake Junaluska vs Waynesville

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

Lake Junaluska and Waynesville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waynesville has the higher population (10,408 vs 2,903 in Lake Junaluska). Lake Junaluska has the higher median household income ($82,115 vs $50,554 in Waynesville). Lake Junaluska has the higher median home value ($329,600 vs $254,800 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
Population	2,903	10,408
Median age	53.2 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,115	$50,554
Median home value	$329,600	$254,800
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,105
Housing units	1,912	5,866
Homeownership rate	76.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
Population	3,307 → 2,903 (-12.2%)	9,965 → 10,408 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$65,899 → $82,115 (+24.6%)	$42,796 → $50,554 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$237,600 → $329,600 (+38.7%)	$161,800 → $254,800 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $1,135 (+41.5%)	$814 → $1,105 (+35.7%)

Lake Junaluska

Population

3,3072,903

Median household income

$65,899$82,115

Median home value

$237,600$329,600

Median gross rent

$802$1,135

Waynesville

Population

9,96510,408

Median household income

$42,796$50,554

Median home value

$161,800$254,800

Median gross rent

$814$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
Under 5	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.2%
75 and over	17.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
No high school diploma	6.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	18.3%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
Drove alone	83.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	0.1%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	80.1%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Junaluska	Waynesville
Poverty rate	7.2%	15.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1974	1975