Honesdale vs Waymart

A side-by-side comparison of Honesdale and Waymart: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Honesdale has the higher population (4,465 vs 1,198 in Waymart). Waymart has the higher median household income ($54,318 vs $38,469 in Honesdale). Waymart has the higher median home value ($187,300 vs $180,600 in Honesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Honesdale	Waymart
Population	4,465	1,198
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,469	$54,318
Median home value	$180,600	$187,300
Median gross rent	$1,094	$700
Housing units	2,314	507
Homeownership rate	59.0%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honesdale	Waymart
Population	4,292 → 4,465 (+4.0%)	1,304 → 1,198 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$38,606 → $38,469 (-0.4%)	$57,946 → $54,318 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $180,600 (+48.2%)	$145,900 → $187,300 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $1,094 (+56.5%)	$729 → $700 (-4.0%)

Honesdale

Population

4,2924,465

Median household income

$38,606$38,469

Median home value

$121,900$180,600

Median gross rent

$699$1,094

Waymart

Population

1,3041,198

Median household income

$57,946$54,318

Median home value

$145,900$187,300

Median gross rent

$729$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honesdale	Waymart
Under 5	4.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	15.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.7%
75 and over	12.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honesdale	Waymart
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honesdale	Waymart
No high school diploma	18.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	35.9%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honesdale	Waymart
Drove alone	78.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	3.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honesdale	Waymart
1-unit, detached	64.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.9%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Honesdale	Waymart
Poverty rate	28.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1952	1963