Avery Creek vs Woodfin

A side-by-side comparison of Avery Creek and Woodfin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodfin has the higher population (7,957 vs 2,998 in Avery Creek). Avery Creek has the higher median household income ($107,684 vs $62,759 in Woodfin). Woodfin has the higher median home value ($326,600 vs $326,200 in Avery Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
Population	2,998	7,957
Median age	37.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,684	$62,759
Median home value	$326,200	$326,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,408
Housing units	882	3,908
Homeownership rate	91.5%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
Population	2,675 → 2,998 (+12.1%)	6,612 → 7,957 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$79,729 → $107,684 (+35.1%)	$48,202 → $62,759 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$242,300 → $326,200 (+34.6%)	$224,400 → $326,600 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,845 (+50.4%)	$1,096 → $1,408 (+28.5%)

Avery Creek

Population

2,6752,998

Median household income

$79,729$107,684

Median home value

$242,300$326,200

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,845

Woodfin

Population

6,6127,957

Median household income

$48,202$62,759

Median home value

$224,400$326,600

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
Under 5	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	6.1%
18 to 24	15.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	21.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	16.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.7%
75 and over	4.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	76.9%
Black or African American	18.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
No high school diploma	0.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
Drove alone	53.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	22.1%
Other means	17.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
1-unit, detached	95.0%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Avery Creek	Woodfin
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.0%
Average household size	4.10	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1996	2000