† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWaynesboroPennsylvaniaUnited States
German31.2%21.6%12.5%
Irish11.1%14.8%9.4%
American10.4%4.4%5.3%
English9.9%8.3%9.5%
Italian4.1%10.6%4.8%
Polish2.3%5.4%2.2%
Scottish1.8%1.1%1.3%
French1.7%—1.6%
Puerto Rican1.9%3.7%1.8%
Mexican1.8%1.4%11.3%
Guatemalan1.0%0.2%0.5%
Dominican0.4%1.4%0.7%
Peruvian0.2%——
Venezuelan0.2%——
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
African American†1.7%8.7%9.9%
Asian Indian0.2%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.9%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
37.4
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$66,956
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.0%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
5.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−23.8%
2008
−10.8%
2012
−17.4%
2016
−32.7%
2020
−28.3%
2024
−26.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
36.0%Harris1,907
62.8%Trump3,321
1.2%
R+26.7
D+1.6
R+25.2
5,292
R
34.7%Biden1,739
62.9%Trump3,158
2.4%
R+28.3
D+4.4
R+32.7
5,018
R
31.0%Clinton1,343
63.7%Trump2,758
5.3%
R+32.7
R+15.3
R+34.8
4,330
R
40.5%Obama1,502
57.9%Romney2,147
1.7%
R+17.4
R+6.6
R+21.2
3,711
R
43.9%Obama1,697
54.7%McCain2,115
1.4%
R+10.8
D+13.0
R+18.1
3,868
R
38.1%Kerry1,300
61.9%Bush2,113
0.0%
R+23.8
—
R+21.4
3,414
Waynesboro sits in Pennsylvania's southernmost tier near the Maryland line, with a working-class industrial heritage that has pushed its voting patterns well to the right of the state median in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.7 points.
A population of 11,047, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,956 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Batesville and Chanute.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 26.7 points (R+26.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,292 votes cast, 1,907 went Democratic and 3,321 went Republican.
How many people live in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania?
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania has a population of 11,047 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania is $66,956 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
