WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA · ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Economic development and workforce picture.

Business source routes, workforce context, commute data, public revenue-source routing, and source-gated development evidence.

ExecutiveEconomicDowntown + ProjectsOperationsBriefingSources
WorkforceACS + BLSCity survey context plus county LAUS.
School lens23.2%ACS B14001 age-3+ enrollment context; not district enrollment or school performance.
RevenueDOR routeSales tax remains row-parse pending.
ECONOMIC EVIDENCE LADDER

Source-backed context now sits above unpublished prospect lanes

Use this page from verified/seeded workforce context toward harder local records: permits, business licenses, property, DCA project records, and official finance documents.

County laborSeededBLS LAUS county context; not city-level unemployment.
City workforce83.3%ACS attainment/labor-force context with MOE visible.
Payroll lens7,429BLS QCEW 2024 Burke covered employment; sector disclosure rules apply.
Industry lens21.2%Education / health care leads ACS C24030; not employer payroll.
Occupation lens28.6%Sales / office leads ACS C24010; not job postings.
EMPLOYERS / ASSETS / OPPORTUNITIES

Public economic lanes are source-gated

Business licensesOfficial license/permit path indexed; no public count displayed until records are attached.
Openings / closuresDirectory/source surface ready for normalization; no inferred churn shown.
Commercial propertyOfficial locator route indexed; null states do not equal vacancy counts.
Development projectsDCA DRI and local packet paths are visible before any project pipeline is published.
CITY BUSINESS SOURCE SURFACE

Official pages now route economic drilldowns before license data is connected

PUBLIC LINKS
Official business navigationBusiness landing pageEconomic-development source hub and public-facing drilldown launcher.CivicPlus resource directory with alphabetized and category-filtered listingsResource Directory / Local BusinessesCandidate normalized local-business index after manual export/low-volume indexing rules are confirmed.Directory-filtered downtown business surface linked from Downtown Development/Main Street pagesDowntown Businesses categoryDowntown occupancy/business-reference cross-check; not a vacancy or license register by itself.City-linked real estate/property opportunity surface for downtown developmentAvailable Downtown PropertiesFuture redevelopment-opportunity pipeline source after listing fields and update cadence are reviewed.Official page for business licensing / permit instructions and contactsLicenses & PermitsRecords-request and workflow anchor for replacing synthetic active-license counts.CivicPlus bid/RFP posting module; observed open engineering-services RFQ and vendor-registration references during source checkBid PostingsPublic procurement/project watch connector; index metadata only and verify bid pages before quoting.

This is a public navigation/source surface, not a verified count of active business licenses, vacancies, procurements, or jobs. Use it to route future connectors and manual review before replacing synthetic economic KPIs.

DEVELOPMENT INTAKE · OFFICIAL CITY ROUTES

Permits, planning, licenses, and records requests

SOURCE ROUTES ONLY
City building-permit instructions and workflow referenceBuilding PermitsLast sitemap update 2022-06-21 · Anchor future permit-count connector or records-request template for building/development dashboard cards.Planning and zoning source hubPlanning DepartmentLast sitemap update 2025-09-22 · Source route for planning-board, zoning, development-review, and land-use context before project tracker promotion.Business/license/permit navigation surfaceLicenses & PermitsLast sitemap update 2023-06-09 · Official route for active-license research; not a verified business-license count.Official open-records request pathwayOpen Records RequestLast sitemap update 2022-09-28 · Records-request path for permits, code-enforcement aggregates, adopted documents, and public datasets not posted as downloads.
Manually open Building Permits and Licenses & Permits pages before extracting any fields.If no historical permit/license tables are posted, draft a narrow records request for monthly aggregate counts only.Cross-link permit/zoning agenda items from Agenda Center before promoting project statuses.

This is a source-routing/intake layer, not a permit-count dataset, license registry, project approval list, or legal determination. Keep permit, zoning, and license KPIs synthetic until official records are parsed with dates and document citations.

BUILDING PERMITS · COUNTY BPS SEED

Census county permit files add a source-backed bridge before local permit records

NO-KEY PUBLIC FILE
April county units125 one-unit + 7 five-plus units · $2.89M
2026 YTD county units2418 residential buildings · $6.47M reported valuation
Geography guardrailBurke CountyFederal BPS FIPS 13-033 row; not a Waynesboro permit count or project approval list.
YTD county fileCurrent-month county fileBPS program page

This is a federal county-level residential building-permit survey seed, not Waynesboro city permit history, not commercial permits, not a project approval list, and not parcel/development status. Use only as county housing-construction context until city permit/license aggregates are obtained from official local routes. Retrieved 6/1/2026.

WORKFORCE SOURCE SNAPSHOT

BLS LAUS county labor context refreshed from public API with credential fallback status

BLS PUBLIC API
Unemployment rate4.3%March 2026 · LAUCN130330000000003
Civilian labor force10,493March 2026 · LAUCN130330000000006
Employed persons10,037March 2026 · LAUCN130330000000005
Unemployed persons456March 2026 · LAUCN130330000000004
Unemployment rate seriesCivilian labor force series

Use this as county workforce context for economic-development briefs. Do not present it as a City of Waynesboro unemployment rate, employer roster, or live payroll data. Retrieved 6/2/2026, 2:14:34 AM · Preliminary.

PAYROLL SOURCE SNAPSHOT · COUNTY CONTEXT

BLS QCEW adds covered employment and wage context before employer-level claims

PUBLIC CSV SEED
Total covered employment7,429476 establishments · avg weekly wage $1,533
Private covered employment5,865444 private establishments · YoY employment -15.5%
Annual covered wages$592.2MBurke County annual 2024 area file; not city revenue or project impact.
NAICS 42Wholesale trade491 jobs · 28 est.
Avg annual pay $61,359 · YoY employment 2.1%
NAICS 54Professional / technical services225 jobs · 32 est.
Avg annual pay $137,960 · YoY employment -31.4%
NAICS 23Construction215 jobs · 46 est.
Avg annual pay $77,092 · YoY employment -83.2%
NAICS 52Finance and insurance122 jobs · 24 est.
Avg annual pay $49,324 · YoY employment 0.0%
NAICS 81Other services100 jobs · 22 est.
Avg annual pay $24,879 · YoY employment 13.6%
Join BLS QCEW area rows to NAICS titles and disclosure flags before any full sector ranking is shown.Use QCEW as Burke County payroll context only; pair with city business licenses, DCA project records, and employer/source documents before Waynesboro-specific claims.Add prior-year annual pulls after the first parser so the public dashboard can distinguish revisions, nondisclosure, and real local job changes.

QCEW is a covered-employment and wage source for Burke County. Some sector rows are suppressed or not displayed because of disclosure rules, and the seed does not identify individual employers, city jobs, business licenses, vacancies, or project impacts. Retrieved 6/1/2026 from BLS QCEW area CSV for FIPS 13033.

HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION · ACS CONTEXT

B19001 bracket seed adds affordability context without tax-record claims

NO-KEY API SEED
Under $50K59.5%1,311 households · MOE ±352
$100K+11.2%246 households · MOE ±140
Total households2,204MOE ±243 · ACS 2024 5-year
Under $25K36.3%
800 households · MOE ±272 · Economic-mobility / grant-readiness context
$25K–$49K23.2%
511 households · MOE ±223 · Cost-burden and workforce-support context
$50K–$99K29.4%
647 households · MOE ±259 · Middle-income household base
$100K–$149K8.6%
189 households · MOE ±123 · Higher-income retention / housing demand context
$150K+2.6%
57 households · MOE ±67 · Small high-income sample; high MOE caution
Cross-check B19001 income brackets against Data Commons median-income baseline before presentation use.Pair income distribution with ACS housing-cost, vehicle-access, food-access, and workforce data before any Council affordability recommendation.Keep margins of error visible; do not treat bracket estimates as tax records, payroll data, or household-level data.

ACS B19001 is household survey context only: not tax records, individual income, payroll, poverty eligibility, benefit enrollment, local revenue, or municipal operating telemetry. Retrieved 5/31/2026 from Census Reporter table B19001.

EDUCATION / WORKFORCE ROUTE · SOURCE-GATED

GaDOE source paths now frame school-district and talent-pipeline context

ROUTE INDEX
State education data download hubGeorgia Insights data downloadsFind permitted downloadable district/school files before replacing education placeholders.Accountability / readiness dashboardCCRPI dashboardCandidate path for source-labeled college/career readiness context after district filters and export rules are verified.Career, technical, and agricultural education contextCTAE Advantage dashboardBest source route for workforce pipeline/program-fit context, not a direct jobs or placement claim yet.Student attendance / whole-child signal routeAttendance dashboardPotential resilience/quality-of-life input once Burke district/school filters and export permissions are confirmed.School-district finance dashboard routeDistrict financial informationCounty school finance context only; keep separate from city and county government budgets.Local school district public web surfaceBurke County Public Schools official siteManual verification path for district calendars, board materials, contacts, programs, and local announcements.
Manually open Georgia Insights dashboards and confirm whether district/school filters expose Burke County rows with share/export options.If downloadable files exist, cache only district/school aggregate records with school year, measure name, source URL, and retrieval timestamp.Keep education/workforce cards clearly labeled as school-district / state context; do not present them as City of Waynesboro operating metrics.

Education source routing only. No student-level data, private portals, scraped dashboards, or unsupported school-performance claims are used in the public UI. Retrieved 5/31/2026 · Burke County Public Schools / Waynesboro-area workforce context; not a City of Waynesboro municipal department dataset

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT · ACS CONTEXT

B14001 adds a public service-demand lens before school-district exports are integrated

NO-KEY API SEED
Enrollment universe5,427Population age 3+ · MOE ±144
Enrolled in school23.2%1,260 residents · MOE ±269
Nursery / preschool14.8%186 estimate · MOE ±114
Grades 5–826.5%334 estimate · MOE ±205
Grades 9–1223.7%299 estimate · MOE ±188
College undergraduate10.5%132 estimate · MOE ±80
Waynesboro city23.2% enrolled1,260 of 5,427 age 3+ · MOE ±269Burke County26.1% enrolled6,190 of 23,702 age 3+ · MOE ±446Georgia26.1% enrolled2,760,030 of 10,569,876 age 3+ · MOE ±7,878
Pair B14001 with Georgia Insights / GaDOE aggregate downloads and Burke County Public Schools public reports before any school or workforce-pipeline recommendation.Propagate derived MOE before comparing small grade bands publicly.Keep school-district responsibilities, city services, and economic-development workforce questions explicitly separated in Council briefs.

ACS B14001 is survey planning context only. Do not present it as Burke County Public Schools enrollment, student-level records, attendance, graduation, CTAE participation, childcare slots, school-performance data, or municipal department workload. Release: ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024); retrieved 6/1/2026.

WORKFORCE EDUCATION · ACS CONTEXT

City-level attainment and labor-force context is now source-labeled

NO-KEY API SEED
High school or higher83.3%2,890 estimate · B15003
Bachelor's or higher11.9%412 estimate · B15003
Labor force62.4%2,749 estimate · MOE ±307 · B23025
ACS unemployed6.1%169 estimate · MOE ±161 · B23025
B15003Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and OverTalent-pipeline context for economic-development briefs; not a school-system performance claim.B23025Employment Status for the Population 16 Years and OverCity-level survey context to compare against BLS county LAUS; not a replacement for official monthly unemployment.
Cross-check ACS labor-force ratios against BLS LAUS county monthly series and Data Commons before any unemployment card changes.Pair attainment context with Georgia Insights / CTAE source routes before making workforce-training or school-performance recommendations.Keep derived attainment percentages labeled as ACS estimates until component margins of error are calculated and shown.

ACS B15003/B23025 is survey context for Waynesboro city. It is not employer payroll, school-district performance, job postings, live unemployment, business-license data, or a municipal operating metric. Use it to frame workforce questions, not to claim program outcomes. Release: ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024); retrieved 5/31/2026.

INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT · ACS CONTEXT

C24030 adds a source-labeled workforce-cluster lens before employer or license data exists

NO-KEY API SEED
Universe2,580Civilian employed population 16+ · MOE ±342
Waynesboro city21.2%Education / health care leads; second: Retail trade 19.3%
Burke County18.7%Education / health care leads; second: Manufacturing 13.2%
Georgia21.0%Education / health care leads; second: Professional / admin services 13.6%
Education / health care21.2%
547 estimate · MOE ±216 · Burke 18.7% / GA 21.0%
Retail trade19.3%
499 estimate · MOE ±218 · Burke 9.0% / GA 11.3%
Transportation / utilities13.2%
341 estimate · MOE ±207 · Burke 11.3% / GA 7.3%
Professional / admin services12.7%
327 estimate · MOE ±182 · Burke 11.9% / GA 13.6%
Manufacturing11.4%
295 estimate · MOE ±189 · Burke 13.2% / GA 10.1%
Cross-check ACS industry shares against Census CBP and LEHD WAC before promoting cluster claims.Request or locate official business-license / employer-roster aggregates before naming local employers or establishments.Calculate proper derived MOE for sector rollups before formal publication beyond demo context.

ACS C24030 is survey workforce context for where Waynesboro residents/workers are employed by broad industry. It is not employer payroll, establishment counts, business-license data, job postings, wage data, tax revenue, or live economic-development telemetry. Release: ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024); retrieved 6/1/2026 from Census Reporter table C24030.

OCCUPATION MIX · ACS CONTEXT

C24010 adds a worker-role lens before employer, payroll, or job-posting data exists

NO-KEY API SEED
Universe2,580Civilian employed population 16+ · MOE ±342
Waynesboro city28.6%Sales / office leads · universe 2,580
Burke County28.3%Management / science / arts leads · universe 10,688
Georgia41.6%Management / science / arts leads · universe 5,213,857
Sales / office28.6%
739 estimate · MOE ±286 · source fields C24010027 + C24010063
Production / transportation26.6%
686 estimate · MOE ±278 · source fields C24010034 + C24010070
Service20.5%
530 estimate · MOE ±252 · source fields C24010019 + C24010055
Management / science / arts18.2%
470 estimate · MOE ±170 · source fields C24010003 + C24010039
Natural resources / construction / maintenance6.0%
155 estimate · MOE ±101 · source fields C24010030 + C24010066
Pair occupation mix with Census CBP, LEHD/LODES, Georgia DOL, and employer/public-record review before workforce-targeting claims.Preserve margins of error when turning occupation context into Council questions or grant narratives.Do not use ACS occupation categories as business-license, employer-roster, payroll, job-posting, or credential-completion data.

ACS C24010 is survey workforce context only. It is not an employer roster, payroll record, occupation credential inventory, job-posting dataset, business-license record, wage file, or municipal economic-development telemetry. Release: ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024); retrieved 6/1/2026 from Census Reporter table C24010.

WORKFORCE / COMMUTING · SOURCE ROUTE

Census LEHD can replace guesswork on jobs and commuter flows

BLOCK AGGREGATION PENDING
WAC · HTTP 200Workplace Area Characteristics1.5 MB · modified Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:16:52 GMTRAC · HTTP 200Residence Area Characteristics4.0 MB · modified Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:42:16 GMTOD · HTTP 200Origin-Destination main jobs23.4 MB · modified Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:15:54 GMTXWALK · HTTP 200Georgia block crosswalk4.1 MB · modified Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:22:50 GMT
vintage_yearsource_tablegeography_levelblock_geoidplace_geoidcounty_geoidjobs_totalhome_workers_total
Download the Georgia crosswalk first and verify block-to-place coverage for GEOID 1380984 before any city job count appears in KPI cards.Aggregate WAC/RAC/OD only into public, non-identifying counts; keep block-level rows out of presentation panels unless explicitly needed for maps.Compare LEHD job counts against Census CBP county context and local business-license records before the public dashboard cites workforce or commuter-flow conclusions.

LEHD/LODES is a public workforce/commuting source route, not a live employer list, payroll record, business license file, or official City of Waynesboro economic-development claim. Retrieved 5/31/2026, 1:33:20 PM from public Census LEHD/LODES file routes.

COMMUTE PROFILE · ACS CONTEXT

Census Reporter adds source-labeled journey-to-work context

NO-KEY API SEED
Drove alone78.3%2,010 estimate · MOE ±319 · B08301
Worked from home5.7%146 estimate · MOE ±107 · B08301
Under 15 min commute45.2%1,094 estimate · B08303
45+ min commute23.4%566 estimate · B08303
B08301Means of Transportation to WorkFrame commuter mode split before replacing downtown foot-traffic or corridor assumptions.B08303Travel Time to WorkFrame workforce-access and corridor questions; not a road-volume, transit, or congestion dataset.
Cross-check ACS commute estimates against Census LEHD/LODES workplace/residence aggregation before drawing commuter-flow conclusions.Pair journey-to-work context with GDOT TADA station exports before any corridor-traffic or downtown foot-traffic claim.Keep margins of error visible and avoid presenting ACS commute shares as real-time traffic, transit demand, or employer rosters.

ACS journey-to-work data is survey-based city context with margins of error. It does not identify employers, live traffic volumes, transit ridership, road safety, or downtown foot traffic. Use it as a source-labeled workforce-access question generator until LEHD, GDOT, and local records are connected. Release: ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024); retrieved through Census Reporter.

FEDERAL FUNDING CONTEXT · SOURCE-GATED

USAspending exposes Burke County place-of-performance obligations

PUBLIC API
FY2025 obligations$184.9MPlace of performance: Burke County, Georgia (county FIPS 13033)
Grant obligations$9.17MRequires award-level recipient review before local use.
Contract obligations$15.6MCounty context, not a city procurement claim.
FY2025 Q1$43.2MGrants $1.99M · contracts $3.45M
FY2025 Q2$40.0MGrants $1.09M · contracts $2.40M
FY2025 Q3$51.1MGrants $5.49M · contracts $4.94M
FY2025 Q4$50.6MGrants $0.60M · contracts $4.76M
Separate direct payments from city/county grants before using this in a public finance KPI.Run award-level searches by award-type group to identify grant recipients, awarding agencies, and project descriptions.Cross-check any local-government award against city/county budgets, agenda packets, or grant documents before citation.

This is federal award obligation context by place of performance for Burke County, not City of Waynesboro budget revenue, local sales tax, or proof of municipal receipt. Use it as a grant/funding source route until award-level records are reviewed. Retrieved 5/31/2026 from USAspending.gov API · Spending Over Time.

LOCAL REVENUE ROUTE · SOURCE-GATED

Georgia Department of Revenue Distributions Section

ROW PARSE PENDING
Annual / as updated by DOR; page sitemap lastmod observed 2025-07-11Sales Tax Distribution Rates for Counties and CitiesFinance lane source for county/city distribution-rate structure before any local revenue card is promoted.Monthly/annual report page; page sitemap lastmod observed 2026-04-14Sales Tax Commodity ReportEconomic context source for taxable-sales categories after county/jurisdiction filters are confirmed.Reference document; update cadence not guaranteedCounty and City Sales Tax ID CodesJurisdiction-code crosswalk needed before joining sales-tax reports to Waynesboro/Burke rows.
Download the latest DOR distribution-rate file and identify Burke County / Waynesboro rows with retrieval timestamp.Confirm whether commodity reports are county-only, jurisdiction-level, or statewide summaries before using them in KPI cards.Create a finance connector that keeps tax type, jurisdiction code, period, and source-report URL attached to every value.

This is a public finance source route only. Do not display Waynesboro sales-tax revenue, distributions, commodities, or local-option tax shares until the specific Georgia DOR report rows are parsed, timestamped, and reconciled to the correct jurisdiction and tax type.

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT WATCH · SOURCE SEED

St. George Crossing

Mixed UseBurke CountyWaynesboroCompleted

DCA DRI record 4155 gives the economic-development module a real public record shape for major development review tracking.

Open DCA application summary
ECONOMIC DATA BRIDGE

Census CBP connector scoped for county business baselines

KEY REQUIRED
NAICS 00All industries baselineCountywide establishment, employment, and annual payroll baseline.NAICS 44-45Retail tradeRetail/downtown context once keyed API access is configured.NAICS 72Accommodation + food servicesRestaurant/hospitality context for downtown and corridor reads.NAICS 23ConstructionConstruction-sector context to pair with permit and project lanes.

Use CBP for county establishment/payroll/employment context only. It does not replace City of Waynesboro business licenses, downtown occupancy, or active local permitting records.