Fayetteville vs Waynesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Fayetteville and Waynesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Fayetteville and Waynesboro are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waynesboro has the higher population (11,044 vs 2,431 in Fayetteville). Waynesboro has the higher median household income ($58,311 vs $52,165 in Fayetteville). Waynesboro has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $171,800 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
Population	2,431	11,044
Median age	49.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,165	$58,311
Median home value	$171,800	$180,400
Median gross rent	$961	$1,027
Housing units	1,315	5,032
Homeownership rate	76.3%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
Population	3,047 → 2,431 (-20.2%)	10,860 → 11,044 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$52,198 → $52,165 (-0.1%)	$43,557 → $58,311 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $171,800 (+13.3%)	$142,600 → $180,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $961 (+8.7%)	$794 → $1,027 (+29.3%)

Fayetteville

Population

3,0472,431

Median household income

$52,198$52,165

Median home value

$151,600$171,800

Median gross rent

$884$961

Waynesboro

Population

10,86011,044

Median household income

$43,557$58,311

Median home value

$142,600$180,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,027

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
Under 5	8.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.1%
75 and over	13.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	83.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	49.7%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
Drove alone	92.1%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
1-unit, detached	88.7%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Waynesboro
Poverty rate	5.7%	9.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1960	1959