Waynesboro is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,534 people and four associated neighborhoods, Waynesboro is the 73rd largest community in Mississippi.When you are in Waynesboro, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.75% of Waynesboro’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Waynesboro is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waynesboro who work in sales jobs (10.32%), food service (9.71%), and office and administrative support (9.48%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Waynesboro has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Waynesboro a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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: 21.46% of adults in Waynesboro have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Waynesboro in 2022 was $26,455, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,820 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 34.64% 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 Irish, Russian, British, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Waynesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
