Borough · Greene County, Pennsylvania

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Waynesburg is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It has 3,811 residents. Waynesburg, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 35 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,176 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #931 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), mental health care shortage (low) and primary care shortage (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), preventable hospital stays (high) and unemployment rate (high).

35Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,176 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #931 of 997 in PA
Population: 3,811 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 4,732.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4281832

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety57#6,776/15,637
Economy22#12,167/15,631
Housing53#7,014/14,977
Health33#10,416/15,609
Healthcare48#8,067/15,650
Environment51#7,593/15,453
Education65#5,475/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,119/15,650
Community44#8,712/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,491/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Waynesburg, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greene County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high2.4%
91/100Pennsylvania -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGreene County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGreene County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGreene County value
Students per teacher · low11.6×
90/100Pennsylvania 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGreene County value
Social associations · high14.6 /10k
90/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low120 min
87/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGreene County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.0 /1k
2/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauGreene County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,207 /100k
7/100Pennsylvania 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value
Unemployment rate · high9.2%
12/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Effective property tax rate · high1.68%
15/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Restaurants and bars · low5.9 /10k
19/100Pennsylvania 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreene County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
4,021 (2015-2019) → 3,811 (2020-2024)
−5.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
38.9% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$39,100 (2015-2019) → $54,050 (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
21.6% (2015-2019) → 15.1% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
26.9% (2015-2019) → 33.3% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.5% (2015-2019) → 87.1% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 14 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	−3.5 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Broadband subscriptions	82.5%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	1.95%2015-2019	1.68%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	86.6%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4742015-2019	0.4432020-2024	−0.030	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$39,1002015-2019	$54,0502020-2024	+38%	Within the margin of error	71%
Poverty rate	21.6%2015-2019	15.1%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.9%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent-burdened households	38.0%2015-2019	42.3%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	7.2%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.6%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Waynesburg, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania itself moved −0.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,811 residents (±15)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (+6.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,811 residents (±15)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White91%3,454
Black2.1%†80
Hispanic or Latino2.5%†97
Asian0.2%†9
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†3
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.4%†168

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,992 residents (±162)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma11%†227
High school or GED29%569
Some college21%†419
Associate degree5.7%†114
Bachelor's degree20%†407
Graduate degree13%†256

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,427 households (±119)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k21%†300
$25k–50k25%†352
$50k–75k12%†166
$75k–100k12%†176
$100k–150k20%†289
$150k–200k7.4%†105
$200k or more2.7%†39

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+11.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,427 households (±119)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own59%838
Rent41%589

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

574 households (±135)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75060%†342
$750–1,00028%†158
$1,000–1,5007.7%†

Home values

838 homes (±130)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k46%†382
$150k–250k49%†410
$250k–400k1.6%†13

Age of homes

1,606 homes (±140)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later0.6%†9
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199915%†241

Size of homes

1,606 homes (±140)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio1.4%†22
1 bedroom23%†374
2 bedrooms26%†422

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,386 workers (±198)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone77%1,062
Carpool5.5%†76
Public transit0.0%0
Walk8.9%†124
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.9%†110
Other1.0%†14

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,276 workers (±194)

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min48%607
15–29 min19%†241
30–44 min25%†322

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Greene County, the county holding most of Waynesburg's residents.

Greene County has 686 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Pennsylvania's), with 10,614 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,016. The Census Bureau also counts 1,552 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 686; 1,552 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 10,614
Average annual pay: $60,016; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Greene County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	67	19.4	0.93×About typical	971	$63,019	49
Restaurants and other eating places	52	15	0.82×About typical	800	$19,635	5
Specialty trade contractors	43	12.4	0.80×About typical	882	$67,330	127
Limited-service restaurants	36	10.4	1.30×More than typical	676	$19,775	3
Religious organizations	34	9.8	1.77×More than typical	144	$19,368	—
Offices of physicians	23	6.7	1.03×About typical	139	$115,971	13
Other specialty trade contractors	22	6.4	2.53×More than typical	755	$68,734	52
Gasoline stations	19	5.5	1.69×More than typical	200	$24,955	—
Truck transportation	18	5.2	1.03×About typical	195	$64,697	32
Individual and family services	17	4.9	1.76×More than typical	282	$26,706	12
Offices of other health practitioners	16	4.6	0.76×Fewer than typical	93	$30,849	26
Outpatient care centers	16	4.6	2.51×More than typical	187	$58,176	—

Rank places for an industry Open Greene County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,579 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Waynesburg is mostly in Greene County.

See federal money in Greene County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Guy ReschenthalerR-PA-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Greene County54100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Greene County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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