Tennessee · Census place 4778600
Waynesboro, Tennessee
Waynesboro is a city in Wayne County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,311 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 156th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,311
- #156 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -3 people
- Land area
- 4.3 sq mi
- Density
- 540 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Waynesboro population, 2020 to 2024
Waynesboro lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -3.
Waynesboro covers 4.28 square miles of land, for 540 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Waynesboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Waynesboro is in
All of Waynesboro's residents live in Wayne County, which had 15,974 residents in 2024. Waynesboro holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Waynesboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waynesboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38485. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Waynesboro is
The Census internal point of Waynesboro is at 35.323500, -87.759300. Nashville, the capital, is 79.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hohenwald, TN (4,136 people), 19.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 75.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.323500, -87.759300
- DMS
- 35°19'24.60"N 87°45'33.48"W
- UTM
- 16N 430985.7E 3909183.4N
- Geohash
- dn38fyrwk
- Plus code
- 867J86FR+C7
Daylight in Waynesboro
At 35.32° N, Waynesboro gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Waynesboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Clifton, 13.6 miles away, with 2,124 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Waynesboro, TN?
2,311 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.1%) from 2,314 in July 2020.
What county is Waynesboro in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Waynesboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38485.
How far is Waynesboro from Nashville?
79.9 miles (128.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Waynesboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Waynesboro?
Hohenwald, TN, with 4,136 residents, 19.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.