It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Waynesboro has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Waynesboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Waynesboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Waynesboro may be for you.
Being a small city, Waynesboro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Waynesboro citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.19% of adults in Waynesboro have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Waynesboro in 2022 was $19,623, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $78,492 for a family of four. However, Waynesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Waynesboro also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Waynesboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waynesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waynesboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Waynesboro include English, Irish, European, Scots-Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Waynesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
