Meyers Lake vs Waynesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Meyers Lake and Waynesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Meyers Lake and Waynesburg are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waynesburg has the higher population (1,027 vs 865 in Meyers Lake). Meyers Lake has the higher median household income ($67,375 vs $45,938 in Waynesburg). Meyers Lake has the higher median home value ($219,800 vs $120,300 in Waynesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
Population	865	1,027
Median age	66.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,375	$45,938
Median home value	$219,800	$120,300
Median gross rent	$1,175	$866
Housing units	547	433
Homeownership rate	90.4%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
Population	652 → 865 (+32.7%)	970 → 1,027 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$84,750 → $67,375 (-20.5%)	$52,500 → $45,938 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$182,700 → $219,800 (+20.3%)	$103,800 → $120,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,175 (+4.4%)	$736 → $866 (+17.7%)

Meyers Lake

Population

652865

Median household income

$84,750$67,375

Median home value

$182,700$219,800

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,175

Waynesburg

Population

9701,027

Median household income

$52,500$45,938

Median home value

$103,800$120,300

Median gross rent

$736$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
Under 5	0.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	0.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	2.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	22.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	31.8%	6.9%
75 and over	22.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
No high school diploma	3.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	31.9%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
Drove alone	75.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.6%
Public transit	1.5%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	8.8%
Other means	0.6%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
1-unit, detached	22.1%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	47.3%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	29.6%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Meyers Lake	Waynesburg
Poverty rate	8.2%	17.0%
Average household size	1.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1988	1938