Waynesville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 5,493 people and two associated neighborhoods, Waynesville is the 128th largest community in Missouri.

There are many members of the armed forces living in Waynesville. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

Also of interest is that Waynesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Waynesville is also a city of artists. Waynesville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Waynesville’s character.

Being a small city, Waynesville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Waynesville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.05% of adults in Waynesville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Waynesville in 2022 was $30,367, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,468 for a family of four. However, Waynesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Waynesville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waynesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waynesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Waynesville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.46% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Waynesville include German, Italian, English, Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Waynesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.