Mather vs West Waynesburg

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

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

Mather has the higher population (567 vs 431 in West Waynesburg). Mather has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $40,869 in West Waynesburg). Since 2019, West Waynesburg's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs +18.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Mather	West Waynesburg
Population	567	431
Median age	50.4 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$40,869
Median home value	$88,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,027	$578
Housing units	319	343
Homeownership rate	83.0%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mather	West Waynesburg
Population	477 → 567 (+18.9%)	331 → 431 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $47,500 (-6.6%)	$20,875 → $40,869 (+95.8%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $88,000 (+16.7%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$512 → $578 (+12.9%)

Mather

Population

477567

Median household income

$50,833$47,500

Median home value

$75,400$88,000

West Waynesburg

Population

331431

Median household income

$20,875$40,869

Median gross rent

$512$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mather	West Waynesburg
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	2.6%
18 to 24	1.6%	14.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	40.4%
35 to 44	19.6%	0.5%
45 to 54	21.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.0%	14.8%
75 and over	9.7%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mather	West Waynesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	56.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	43.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mather	West Waynesburg
No high school diploma	1.8%	18.4%
High school graduate	68.2%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mather	West Waynesburg
Drove alone	94.8%	60.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	39.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mather	West Waynesburg
1-unit, detached	81.5%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	54.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Mather	West Waynesburg
Poverty rate	7.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.01	1.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1938	1984