Lee County vs Waynesboro city

A side-by-side comparison of Lee County and Waynesboro city: population, income, housing, and more.

Lee County and Waynesboro city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waynesboro city has the higher population (22,574 vs 22,042 in Lee County). Waynesboro city has the higher median household income ($56,364 vs $42,269 in Lee County). Waynesboro city has the higher median home value ($236,600 vs $98,700 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
Population	22,042	22,574
Median age	45.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,269	$56,364
Median home value	$98,700	$236,600
Median gross rent	$725	$972
Housing units	10,857	10,395
Homeownership rate	73.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
Population	23,948 → 22,042 (-8.0%)	22,140 → 22,574 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$32,888 → $42,269 (+28.5%)	$45,011 → $56,364 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $98,700 (+12.0%)	$174,100 → $236,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $725 (+29.9%)	$821 → $972 (+18.4%)

Lee County

Population

23,94822,042

Median household income

$32,888$42,269

Median home value

$88,100$98,700

Median gross rent

$558$725

Waynesboro city

Population

22,14022,574

Median household income

$45,011$56,364

Median home value

$174,100$236,600

Median gross rent

$821$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
Under 5	4.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.6%
75 and over	9.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	72.6%
Black or African American	4.1%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
No high school diploma	17.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
Drove alone	84.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
1-unit, detached	72.9%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Waynesboro city
Poverty rate	27.6%	11.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1978	1969