Waynesboro is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,507 people and four associated neighborhoods, Waynesboro is the 73rd largest community in Mississippi.Waynesboro is a blue-collar town, with 40.75% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. 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. Waynesboro is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Waynesboro are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.46% of adults in Waynesboro having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
