Watterson Park vs Woodlawn Park

A side-by-side comparison of Watterson Park and Woodlawn Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Watterson Park and Woodlawn Park are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodlawn Park has the higher population (790 vs 736 in Watterson Park). Woodlawn Park has the higher median household income ($98,661 vs $38,984 in Watterson Park). Woodlawn Park has the higher median home value ($289,800 vs $187,500 in Watterson Park).

Population, income & housing

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
Population	736	790
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,984	$98,661
Median home value	$187,500	$289,800
Median gross rent	$820	$1,853
Housing units	409	373
Homeownership rate	48.8%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
Population	1,074 → 736 (-31.5%)	882 → 790 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$30,948 → $38,984 (+26.0%)	$85,481 → $98,661 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $187,500 (+43.1%)	$226,100 → $289,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $820 (+71.2%)	$1,391 → $1,853 (+33.2%)

Watterson Park

Population

1,074736

Median household income

$30,948$38,984

Median home value

$131,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$479$820

Woodlawn Park

Population

882790

Median household income

$85,481$98,661

Median home value

$226,100$289,800

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
Under 5	9.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	17.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	21.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	16.7%
75 and over	3.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	32.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	2.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
No high school diploma	20.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.9%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
Drove alone	82.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.4%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
1-unit, detached	48.4%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	17.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Watterson Park	Woodlawn Park
Poverty rate	24.0%	7.2%
Average household size	1.93	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1959	1959