Greencastle vs Waynesboro

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

Greencastle 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 4,237 in Greencastle). Greencastle has the higher median household income ($74,725 vs $58,311 in Waynesboro). Greencastle has the higher median home value ($255,200 vs $180,400 in Waynesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
Population	4,237	11,044
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,725	$58,311
Median home value	$255,200	$180,400
Median gross rent	$886	$1,027
Housing units	1,853	5,032
Homeownership rate	65.0%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
Population	4,013 → 4,237 (+5.6%)	10,860 → 11,044 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$63,993 → $74,725 (+16.8%)	$43,557 → $58,311 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $255,200 (+47.8%)	$142,600 → $180,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $886 (+2.3%)	$794 → $1,027 (+29.3%)

Greencastle

Population

4,0134,237

Median household income

$63,993$74,725

Median home value

$172,700$255,200

Median gross rent

$866$886

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)

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
Under 5	9.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.1%
75 and over	9.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	83.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
Drove alone	80.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
1-unit, detached	60.8%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.6%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Greencastle	Waynesboro
Poverty rate	4.5%	9.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1969	1959