Waynesboro Context

While population numbers have continued to climb in Waynesboro since 1980, gains
have been small (an average increase of 176 people per year). During this same
stretch, Staunton has grown even more slowly, while Augusta County has added
more than 20,000 residents. (Both Waynesboro and Augusta County grew at a
similar rate (roughly 40%) from 1980 to 2015.

Population Trends in the Staunton-Waynesboro MSA

80,000 74,314

70,000

60,000 53,732

50,000

40,000

30,000 24,416
21,857
20,000
21,491
10,000 15,329

0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015

Waynesboro Staunton Augusta County

In more recent years, since the boom of the mid-2000s, while the city lost jobs at a
slower rate than either Staunton or Augusta County, the citys average wage grew
more slowly increasing by just $1,637 (or 5.1% between 2007 and 2014)
compared to a $2,127 increase in Staunton and a $5,743 increase in Augusta
County.

Number of Jobs Average Wage

Chan % Chan %
2007 2014 2007 2014
ge Change ge Change
Augusta 20,4 19,0 - $33,6 $39,4 $5,74
-7.2% 17.0%
County 97 27 1,470 95 38 3
11,3 10,6 $25,8 $28,0 $2,12
Staunton -749 -6.6% 8.2%
58 09 84 11 7
9,69 9,45 $32,0 $33,6 $1,63
Waynesboro -239 -2.5% 5.1%
7 8 56 93 7

Yet the number and percentage of manufacturing jobs in Waynesboro fell at a

faster rate than in Staunton and Augusta County. Another large change in the
 composition of the citys local economy: while the county and Staunton both lost
retail jobs between 2007 and 2014, Waynesboro actually gained nearly 300 of
them; by 2014, nearly one-in-four (23%) Waynesboro jobs was a retail job.
(Manufacturing jobs that year accounted for just 18% of all jobs.) Interestingly,
too, while 23% of Augusta County and fully 28% of Staunton jobs were in health
and health-related services by 2014, the same was true of just 9% of Waynesboro
jobs.
Number of Manufacturing Jobs % Manufacturing Jobs
Chan % Chan
2007 2014 2007 2014
ge Change ge
Augusta 4,69 3,73
-956 -20.4% 23% 20% -3.3%
County 4 8
Staunton 533 492 -41 -7.7% 5% 5% -0.1%
2,27 1,72
Waynesboro -543 -23.9% 23% 18% -5.1%
1 8

Number of Retail Jobs % Retail Jobs

Chan % Chan
2007 2014 2007 2014
ge Change ge
Augusta 2,46 1,88
-584 -23.7% 12% 10% -2.1%
County 6 2
2,06 1,93
Staunton -132 -6.4% 18% 18% 0.0%
7 5
1,90 2,19
Waynesboro 296 15.6% 20% 23% 3.6%
1 7

Number of Health Care Jobs % Health Care Jobs

Chan % Chan
2007 2014 2007 2014
ge Change ge
Augusta 3,77 4,40
624 16.5% 18% 23% 4.7%
County 7 1
2,02 2,99 10.4
Staunton 969 47.9% 18% 28%
2 1 %
Waynesboro 697 818 121 17.4% 7% 9% 1.5%

Fully one-third (34%) of Waynesboros employed residents are in low-wage jobs

(classified as Retail, Arts/Entertainment/Accommodations, or Other services). In
Augusta County, just 24% of employed residents are in low-wage jobs.

And in Waynesboro (according to 2006-2010 data), approximately 40% of local

workers live in the city and employed residents work in the city. Nearly one-third of
the citys employed residents commute to jobs in Augusta County, and nearly half
(46%) of the citys local workers commute to homes in Augusta County. (There is
much less overlap of this kind between Waynesboro and Staunton.)

Waynesboro Staunton Augusta County

Employed 8,7 Employed 11,1 Employed 33,5
Residents 54 Residents 69 Residents 49
Work in 3,6 41 4,25 13
Waynesboro 04 % Work in Waynesboro 491 4% Work in Waynesboro 2 %
Work in Staunton 933 11 Work in Staunton 4,76 43 Work in Staunton 4,95 15
 % 9 % 6 %
Work in Augusta 2,68 31 Work in Augusta 3,66 33 Work in Augusta 16,6 50
County 8 % County 2 % County 30 %
1,52 17 2,24 20 7,71 23
Work Outside MSA 9 % Work Outside MSA 7 % Work Outside MSA 1 %

9,2 11,9 27,1

Local Workers 75 Local Workers 28 Local Workers 78
Live in 3,6 39 2,68 10
Waynesboro 04 % Live in Waynesboro 933 8% Live in Waynesboro 8 %
4,76 40 3,66 13
Live in Staunton 491 5% Live in Staunton 9 % Live in Staunton 2 %
Live in Augusta 4,25 46 Live in Augusta 4,95 42 Live in Augusta 16,6 61
County 2 % County 6 % County 30 %
10 1,27 11 4,19 15
Live Outside MSA 928 % Live Outside MSA 0 % Live Outside MSA 8 %