Okolona vs Woodland

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

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

Okolona has the higher population (2,623 vs 146 in Woodland). Since 2019, Okolona's population has grown faster (+0.7% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Okolona	Woodland
Population	2,623	146
Median age	35.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,400	—
Median home value	$81,100	—
Median gross rent	$643	$1,545
Housing units	1,373	97
Homeownership rate	43.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	0.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okolona	Woodland
Population	2,605 → 2,623 (+0.7%)	174 → 146 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$24,932 → $34,400 (+38.0%)	—
Median home value	$67,600 → $81,100 (+20.0%)	$55,000 → $56,900 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $643 (+13.8%)	$708 → $1,545 (+118.2%)

Okolona

Population

2,6052,623

Median household income

$24,932$34,400

Median home value

$67,600$81,100

Median gross rent

$565$643

Woodland

Population

174146

Median home value

$55,000$56,900

Median gross rent

$708$1,545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okolona	Woodland
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	34.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	32.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.8%
75 and over	9.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okolona	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	32.2%
Black or African American	82.1%	60.3%
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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okolona	Woodland
No high school diploma	12.6%	23.1%
High school graduate	50.3%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okolona	Woodland
Drove alone	90.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okolona	Woodland
1-unit, detached	69.7%	25.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	74.2%

Poverty & households

	Okolona	Woodland
Poverty rate	36.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.12	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	63
Median year structure built	1970	1991