Saxapahaw vs Woodlawn

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

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

Saxapahaw has the higher population (1,501 vs 996 in Woodlawn). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($74,712 vs $63,281 in Saxapahaw). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $179,300 in Saxapahaw).

Population, income & housing

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
Population	1,501	996
Median age	42.1 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,281	$74,712
Median home value	$179,300	$278,500
Median gross rent	$694	$838
Housing units	646	583
Homeownership rate	70.5%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
Population	1,599 → 1,501 (-6.1%)	646 → 996 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$47,011 → $63,281 (+34.6%)	$75,404 → $74,712 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $179,300 (+33.9%)	$217,200 → $278,500 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $694 (-19.4%)	$808 → $838 (+3.7%)

Saxapahaw

Population

1,5991,501

Median household income

$47,011$63,281

Median home value

$133,900$179,300

Median gross rent

$861$694

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)

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
Under 5	4.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	3.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	18.5%	29.2%
75 and over	4.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	64.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	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	12.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	17.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
Drove alone	79.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	55.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.4%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Saxapahaw	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.0%
Average household size	2.43	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1991	1978