Nemacolin vs Waynesburg

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

Nemacolin 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 1,107 in Nemacolin). Waynesburg has the higher median household income ($49,648 vs $17,774 in Nemacolin). Waynesburg has the higher median home value ($148,900 vs $92,600 in Nemacolin).

Population, income & housing

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
Population	1,107	3,868
Median age	31.6 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$17,774	$49,648
Median home value	$92,600	$148,900
Median gross rent	—	$760
Housing units	616	1,562
Homeownership rate	61.6%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
Population	684 → 1,107 (+61.8%)	4,021 → 3,868 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$34,441 → $17,774 (-48.4%)	$39,100 → $49,648 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $92,600 (+10.6%)	$106,000 → $148,900 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$672 → $760 (+13.1%)

Nemacolin

Population

6841,107

Median household income

$34,441$17,774

Median home value

$83,700$92,600

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)

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
Under 5	9.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	10.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	31.3%
25 to 34	20.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.6%
75 and over	8.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	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	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
No high school diploma	19.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	42.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
Drove alone	72.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	27.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
1-unit, detached	37.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	42.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	28.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nemacolin	Waynesburg
Poverty rate	53.8%	21.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938