Maggie Valley vs Waynesville

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

Maggie Valley 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 2,311 in Maggie Valley). Maggie Valley has the higher median household income ($67,674 vs $50,554 in Waynesville). Maggie Valley has the higher median home value ($312,200 vs $254,800 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
Population	2,311	10,408
Median age	52.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,674	$50,554
Median home value	$312,200	$254,800
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,105
Housing units	1,866	5,866
Homeownership rate	76.1%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
Population	1,763 → 2,311 (+31.1%)	9,965 → 10,408 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$46,350 → $67,674 (+46.0%)	$42,796 → $50,554 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$202,000 → $312,200 (+54.6%)	$161,800 → $254,800 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,087 (+6.2%)	$814 → $1,105 (+35.7%)

Maggie Valley

Population

1,7632,311

Median household income

$46,350$67,674

Median home value

$202,000$312,200

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,087

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)

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
Under 5	0.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	15.2%
75 and over	14.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
Drove alone	65.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	17.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	64.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Maggie Valley	Waynesville
Poverty rate	11.8%	15.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1996	1975