Pennsylvania · Census place 4281832

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Waynesburg is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,701 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 272nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,701
#272 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-7.3%
-291 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
4,569 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Waynesburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Waynesburg population, 2020 to 2024

Waynesburg lost 291 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.3%. In the latest year it moved by -49.

3,99220203,84920213,76520223,75020233,7012024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,002. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Waynesburg covers 0.81 square miles of land, for 4,569 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Waynesburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Waynesburg is in

All of Waynesburg's residents live in Greene County, which had 33,960 residents in 2024. Waynesburg holds 10.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waynesburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waynesburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15370. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Waynesburg is

The Census internal point of Waynesburg is at 39.898300, -80.185500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 176.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is California, PA (4,628 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 39.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.898300, -80.185500
DMS
39°53'53.88"N 80°11'7.80"W
UTM
17N 569628.9E 4416787.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FXVRX7+8R

Daylight in Waynesburg

At 39.90° N, Waynesburg gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waynesburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Masontown, 15.1 miles away, with 3,153 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Waynesburg, PA?

3,701 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 291 (7.3%) from 3,992 in July 2020.

What county is Waynesburg in?

Greene County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Waynesburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15370.

How far is Waynesburg from Harrisburg?

176.3 miles (283.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Waynesburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Waynesburg?

California, PA, with 4,628 residents, 18.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.