† 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
GroupWaynesvilleMissouriUnited States
German18.8%21.3%12.5%
English13.5%11.9%9.5%
Irish10.0%11.8%9.4%
American6.2%6.8%5.3%
Italian4.6%3.2%4.8%
French2.4%2.2%1.6%
Polish2.0%1.3%2.2%
Scottish1.8%1.8%1.3%
African American†4.2%10.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Mexican6.6%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.8%0.4%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%—0.7%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Panamanian0.3%——
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Spaniard0.3%——
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Korean1.1%—0.4%
Filipino0.7%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
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
Waynesville
Missouri
United States
Median age
32.4
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waynesville
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$56,836
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.5%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.0%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waynesville
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.9%
6.7%
22.3%
Korean
1.2%
0.1%
0.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waynesville
Missouri
United States
Catholic
—
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.7%
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.
Waynesville, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−42.9%
2008
−29.9%
2012
−35.9%
2016
−40.5%
2020
−32.8%
2024
−36.5%
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
31.1%Harris616
67.6%Trump1,340
1.3%
R+36.5
R+3.7
R+35.1
1,982
R
32.3%Biden461
65.1%Trump929
2.6%
R+32.8
D+7.7
R+37.2
1,427
R
26.7%Clinton403
67.2%Trump1,013
6.1%
R+40.5
R+4.5
R+42.5
1,508
R
31.0%Obama426
66.9%Romney919
2.0%
R+35.9
R+6.0
R+39.8
1,373
R
34.2%Obama502
64.1%McCain940
1.7%
R+29.9
D+13.1
R+37.1
1,467
R
28.3%Kerry336
71.2%Bush846
0.5%
R+42.9
—
R+40.5
1,188
Waynesville's electorate is unusually transient, drawn heavily from active-duty military families stationed at the adjacent Army post, which suppresses long-term partisan entrenchment and makes registration patterns shift with each rotation cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 42.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.5 points.
A population of 5,442, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,836 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Williamsburg and Mabank.
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, Waynesville, Missouri voted Republican by 36.5 points (R+36.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,982 votes cast, 616 went Democratic and 1,340 went Republican.
How many people live in Waynesville, Missouri?
Waynesville, Missouri has a population of 5,442 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waynesville, Missouri?
Median household income in Waynesville, Missouri is $56,836 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Waynesville, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Waynesville, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
