Jared Stiegelmeyer
Charlottesville Managing Broker
Charlottesville38.0697° N 78.8944° W
City of Waynesboro.
An independent Virginia city — 22,196 residents across 15 square miles.
One of 9 areas our Charlottesville team works.
At a glanceCharlottesville market
The publicrecord.
What the county and the census hold on City of Waynesboro — quoted, not estimated.
Also an independent city, surrounded by but separate from Augusta County — about 24,000 people, up nearly 8% since 2020, the fastest growth of any locality in this corner of the market.
The South River runs straight through downtown and is one of only two urban trout fisheries in Virginia — the city's outdoor identity is built around it rather than around a historic square.
Manufacturing built the place: the plant here invented spandex under the Lycra brand, and it still operates today, now under different ownership — though the company filed a debt-restructuring bankruptcy in March 2026 with no stated change to local operations.
- Type
- Independent city
- Population (2020)
- 22,196
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- Established
- 1798
- Real estate tax rate (FY2025–26)
- $0.82 per $100
Figures from Wikidata, population as of 2020. The tax rate is published by the county and set annually; check the current year before budgeting.
Where it is38.0697° N 78.8944° W
Where isCity of Waynesboro?
The nearest of our other Charlottesville areas is City of Staunton, 12 miles off.
22 mi
Central Charlottesville
west of center
91 mi
Richmond
south-east
93 mi
Fredericksburg
north-east
126 mi
Williamsburg
south-east
Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Getting around.
Two interstates reach the city directly, and the Blue Ridge Parkway starts at its edge.
I-64
Two exits sit inside the city limits, with a third five miles east at Rockfish Gap.
I-81
Reachable from an exit about five miles northwest of downtown.
US-250 and US-340
Both cross inside the city.
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
In the same range as Staunton's distance, a little further — no official mileage is published by the city itself.
Living here6 reasons
The case forCity of Waynesboro.
The figures above read plainly, and what they look like day to day. Where something is a trade-off, it says so.
Space
1,480 people to the square mile.
That makes City of Waynesboro the densest of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold both figures for. Things are close together here, which is the trade: less land, less driving.
Scale
22,196 people, as of 2020.
The 4th smallest of the 9 Charlottesville areas we hold a count for. Fewer houses change hands here in a year, and that cuts both ways — less to choose from, less to compete with.
The line that matters
City of Waynesboro answers to no county.
In Virginia an independent city sits outside the county system entirely: it sets its own rate, runs its own schools, maintains its own roads. Comparing a bill here against one across the line is not comparing like with like.
The river through downtown
One of only two urban trout fisheries in Virginia.
The South River Greenway is a two-mile paved trail along the water from Loth Springs to North Park, drawing roughly 60,000 visits a year — a rare amenity for a city this size.
The gateway
The Blue Ridge Parkway starts five miles from downtown.
Rockfish Gap, where the Parkway, Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail all meet, sits just east of the city on I-64 — closer to Waynesboro than to anywhere else in this market.
A recent headline worth knowing
The Lycra Company filed for bankruptcy in March 2026.
A prepackaged Chapter 11 to eliminate about $1.2 billion in debt, with the company stating no change to plant operations. Worth watching rather than worrying about, but worth knowing before you buy nearby.
SchoolsCity of Waynesboro County Public Schools
Schools andcolleges.
3,044 students across seven schools, plus a satellite outpost of the regional community college downtown.
Waynesboro City Public Schools
Four elementaries, one middle school, one high school and an alternative center.
Blue Ridge Community College
Its main campus is in Weyers Cave, Augusta County, but it runs a downtown outpost at the Waynesboro Innovation Hub.
Outdoors3 of them
Where theweekends go.
The South River is the spine of the city's outdoor life, and the mountains start just past its edge.
South River Greenway
Two paved miles along the river from Loth Springs to North Park, part of a wider citywide greenway plan.
Rockfish Gap
Where the Blue Ridge Parkway, Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail all meet, about five miles east.
Shenandoah National Park and George Washington National Forest
Both federal land just outside the city rather than state parks, but the closest wilderness of any city in this market.
On the market106 in City of Waynesboro · live
Homes on themarket now.
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Questions5 answered
What peopleask us.
Asked often enough by people moving to City of Waynesboro to be worth answering in writing.
Outdoor-oriented and built around the South River rather than a historic square — trout fishing downtown, the Blue Ridge Parkway five miles away, and a manufacturing base that has kept the town working rather than becoming a bedroom community.
$0.82 per $100 of assessed value for fiscal year 2025–26.
Waynesboro City Public Schools — 3,044 students across seven schools. Blue Ridge Community College's main campus is a short drive away in Augusta County, with a smaller outpost downtown.
No — like Staunton, it is an independent city surrounded by the county but legally and administratively separate, with its own rate, schools and roads.
Still operating, now as The Lycra Company. The company filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2026 to restructure about $1.2 billion in debt, stating the Waynesboro plant would see no operational impact — worth confirming current status before treating it as settled.
Sources · checked September 14, 2026
Tax rate · School division · South River Greenway · Employers · Transportation · Lycra bankruptcy
Thinking of selling
What is your City of Waynesboro homeactually worth?
Mike Hogan founded the brokerage on knowing the county rather than the listing. Ask what that means for this street — or take a cash offer from a local investor and skip the showings entirely. Neither route commits you to the other.