Swannanoa vs Woodfin

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

Swannanoa 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 6,043 in Swannanoa). Swannanoa has the higher median household income ($72,978 vs $62,759 in Woodfin). Woodfin has the higher median home value ($326,600 vs $270,800 in Swannanoa).

Population, income & housing

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
Population	6,043	7,957
Median age	32.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,978	$62,759
Median home value	$270,800	$326,600
Median gross rent	$692	$1,408
Housing units	2,415	3,908
Homeownership rate	80.0%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
Population	4,127 → 6,043 (+46.4%)	6,612 → 7,957 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$32,268 → $72,978 (+126.2%)	$48,202 → $62,759 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $270,800 (+98.1%)	$224,400 → $326,600 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $692 (-15.6%)	$1,096 → $1,408 (+28.5%)

Swannanoa

Population

4,1276,043

Median household income

$32,268$72,978

Median home value

$136,700$270,800

Median gross rent

$820$692

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)

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
Under 5	9.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	6.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	20.3%	21.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.7%
75 and over	5.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
No high school diploma	11.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
Drove alone	83.3%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
1-unit, detached	85.1%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Swannanoa	Woodfin
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.0%
Average household size	3.10	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1984	2000