Bobtown vs Waynesburg

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

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

Waynesburg has the higher population (3,868 vs 1,117 in Bobtown). Waynesburg has the higher median household income ($49,648 vs $49,125 in Bobtown). Waynesburg has the higher median home value ($148,900 vs $55,700 in Bobtown).

Population, income & housing

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
Population	1,117	3,868
Median age	29.4 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$49,648
Median home value	$55,700	$148,900
Median gross rent	$1,103	$760
Housing units	392	1,562
Homeownership rate	83.1%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
Population	481 → 1,117 (+132.2%)	4,021 → 3,868 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$48,036 → $49,125 (+2.3%)	$39,100 → $49,648 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$54,800 → $55,700 (+1.6%)	$106,000 → $148,900 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,103 (+38.7%)	$672 → $760 (+13.1%)

Bobtown

Population

4811,117

Median household income

$48,036$49,125

Median home value

$54,800$55,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,103

Waynesburg

Population

4,0213,868

Median household income

$39,100$49,648

Median home value

$106,000$148,900

Median gross rent

$672$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
Under 5	8.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	26.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	13.6%	31.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.6%
75 and over	4.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	54.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
Drove alone	81.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
1-unit, detached	87.5%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	28.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bobtown	Waynesburg
Poverty rate	23.1%	21.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938