Northwoods vs Woodson Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Northwoods and Woodson Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Northwoods and Woodson Terrace are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodson Terrace has the higher population (3,935 vs 3,654 in Northwoods). Woodson Terrace has the higher median household income ($49,650 vs $40,787 in Northwoods). Woodson Terrace has the higher median home value ($100,600 vs $72,300 in Northwoods).

Population, income & housing

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
Population	3,654	3,935
Median age	52.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,787	$49,650
Median home value	$72,300	$100,600
Median gross rent	$1,104	$1,146
Housing units	1,806	1,748
Homeownership rate	77.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
Population	4,121 → 3,654 (-11.3%)	4,052 → 3,935 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$38,869 → $40,787 (+4.9%)	$58,272 → $49,650 (-14.8%)
Median home value	$63,600 → $72,300 (+13.7%)	$73,100 → $100,600 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,104 (+16.8%)	$1,024 → $1,146 (+11.9%)

Northwoods

Population

4,1213,654

Median household income

$38,869$40,787

Median home value

$63,600$72,300

Median gross rent

$945$1,104

Woodson Terrace

Population

4,0523,935

Median household income

$58,272$49,650

Median home value

$73,100$100,600

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
Under 5	4.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	5.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.6%
75 and over	14.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	40.8%
Black or African American	91.3%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
No high school diploma	10.6%	17.0%
High school graduate	43.7%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
Drove alone	77.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.8%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northwoods	Woodson Terrace
Poverty rate	24.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1953	1956