Royal Pines vs Woodfin

A side-by-side comparison of Royal Pines and Woodfin: population, income, housing, and more.

Royal Pines 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 4,528 in Royal Pines). Royal Pines has the higher median household income ($105,956 vs $62,759 in Woodfin). Royal Pines has the higher median home value ($369,500 vs $326,600 in Woodfin).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
Population	4,528	7,957
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,956	$62,759
Median home value	$369,500	$326,600
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,408
Housing units	2,093	3,908
Homeownership rate	87.0%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
Population	4,759 → 4,528 (-4.9%)	6,612 → 7,957 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$83,012 → $105,956 (+27.6%)	$48,202 → $62,759 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $369,500 (+42.0%)	$224,400 → $326,600 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,397 (+25.1%)	$1,096 → $1,408 (+28.5%)

Royal Pines

Population

4,7594,528

Median household income

$83,012$105,956

Median home value

$260,300$369,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,397

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)

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
Under 5	8.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	6.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	21.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	16.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.7%
75 and over	7.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
No high school diploma	1.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	16.5%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
Drove alone	78.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
1-unit, detached	82.4%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Royal Pines	Woodfin
Poverty rate	1.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1980	2000