Wayne is a medium-sized town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 30,589 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Wayne is the 29th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Wayne is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.67% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wayne is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wayne who work in management occupations (20.10%), sales jobs (15.16%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.35%).

Also of interest is that Wayne has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Wayne is also a town of artists. Wayne has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Wayne's character.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Wayne, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Wayne provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

Even though Wayne is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Wayne Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Wayne, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Wayne is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 68.75% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Wayne in 2000 was $47,220, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $188,880 for a family of four. However, Wayne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wayne home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wayne is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wayne include Irish, German, Italian, English, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Wayne is English.