Carlisle vs Waynesville

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

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

Carlisle has the higher population (5,460 vs 2,723 in Waynesville). Waynesville has the higher median household income ($72,569 vs $70,000 in Carlisle). Waynesville has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $185,400 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Waynesville
Population	5,460	2,723
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$72,569
Median home value	$185,400	$241,300
Median gross rent	$872	$892
Housing units	2,406	1,107
Homeownership rate	76.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Waynesville
Population	5,406 → 5,460 (+1.0%)	3,081 → 2,723 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$62,831 → $70,000 (+11.4%)	$62,107 → $72,569 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$142,000 → $185,400 (+30.6%)	$170,700 → $241,300 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $872 (+6.3%)	$775 → $892 (+15.1%)

Carlisle

Population

5,4065,460

Median household income

$62,831$70,000

Median home value

$142,000$185,400

Median gross rent

$820$872

Waynesville

Population

3,0812,723

Median household income

$62,107$72,569

Median home value

$170,700$241,300

Median gross rent

$775$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Waynesville
Under 5	4.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	22.0%
18 to 24	12.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.0%
75 and over	10.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Waynesville
No high school diploma	13.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	43.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Waynesville
Drove alone	89.2%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	79.9%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Waynesville
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1977	1978