Altamahaw vs Woodlawn

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

Altamahaw and Woodlawn are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodlawn has the higher population (996 vs 568 in Altamahaw). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($74,712 vs $62,315 in Altamahaw). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $215,200 in Altamahaw).

Population, income & housing

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
Population	568	996
Median age	39.7 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,315	$74,712
Median home value	$215,200	$278,500
Median gross rent	—	$838
Housing units	226	583
Homeownership rate	93.5%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
Population	319 → 568 (+78.1%)	646 → 996 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$88,393 → $62,315 (-29.5%)	$75,404 → $74,712 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $215,200 (+101.9%)	$217,200 → $278,500 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$808 → $838 (+3.7%)

Altamahaw

Population

319568

Median household income

$88,393$62,315

Median home value

$106,600$215,200

Woodlawn

Population

646996

Median household income

$75,404$74,712

Median home value

$217,200$278,500

Median gross rent

$808$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
Under 5	10.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	3.4%
18 to 24	14.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	24.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	3.7%	29.2%
75 and over	4.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	64.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	22.1%
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%	4.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	53.8%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
Drove alone	76.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	85.8%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Altamahaw	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.65	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	17	37
Median year structure built	1980	1978