Roanoke vs Woodland

A side-by-side comparison of Roanoke and Woodland: population, income, housing, and more.

Roanoke and Woodland are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roanoke has the higher population (5,332 vs 615 in Woodland). Woodland has the higher median household income ($165,427 vs $48,083 in Roanoke). Woodland has the higher median home value ($420,000 vs $129,100 in Roanoke).

Population, income & housing

	Roanoke	Woodland
Population	5,332	615
Median age	43.4 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,083	$165,427
Median home value	$129,100	$420,000
Median gross rent	$589	$617
Housing units	2,691	156
Homeownership rate	68.5%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	63.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roanoke	Woodland
Population	5,926 → 5,332 (-10.0%)	240 → 615 (+156.3%)
Median household income	$42,069 → $48,083 (+14.3%)	$44,167 → $165,427 (+274.5%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $129,100 (+50.3%)	$112,500 → $420,000 (+273.3%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $589 (-2.2%)	$675 → $617 (-8.6%)

Roanoke

Population

5,9265,332

Median household income

$42,069$48,083

Median home value

$85,900$129,100

Median gross rent

$602$589

Woodland

Population

240615

Median household income

$44,167$165,427

Median home value

$112,500$420,000

Median gross rent

$675$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roanoke	Woodland
Under 5	4.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	29.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	1.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	31.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	5.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	2.3%
75 and over	10.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roanoke	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	96.7%
Black or African American	42.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roanoke	Woodland
No high school diploma	14.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roanoke	Woodland
Drove alone	81.7%	95.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.9%
Other means	4.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roanoke	Woodland
1-unit, detached	71.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Roanoke	Woodland
Poverty rate	16.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.29	4.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1977	2001