Rich Square vs Woodland

A side-by-side comparison of Rich Square and Woodland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rich Square has the higher population (780 vs 569 in Woodland). Rich Square has the higher median household income ($38,621 vs $28,125 in Woodland). Woodland has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $78,300 in Rich Square).

Population, income & housing

	Rich Square	Woodland
Population	780	569
Median age	61.6 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,621	$28,125
Median home value	$78,300	$100,000
Median gross rent	$781	$514
Housing units	370	352
Homeownership rate	77.8%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rich Square	Woodland
Population	780 → 780 (+0.0%)	785 → 569 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$30,903 → $38,621 (+25.0%)	$37,361 → $28,125 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $78,300 (+5.7%)	$88,600 → $100,000 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $781 (+12.7%)	$415 → $514 (+23.9%)

Rich Square

Population

780780

Median household income

$30,903$38,621

Median home value

$74,100$78,300

Median gross rent

$693$781

Woodland

Population

785569

Median household income

$37,361$28,125

Median home value

$88,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$415$514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rich Square	Woodland
Under 5	5.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	6.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.4%	1.4%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.9%	21.6%
75 and over	27.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rich Square	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	42.2%
Black or African American	53.2%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rich Square	Woodland
No high school diploma	23.8%	13.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rich Square	Woodland
Drove alone	72.3%	81.4%
Carpooled	19.5%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	15.3%
Other means	7.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rich Square	Woodland
1-unit, detached	86.2%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Rich Square	Woodland
Poverty rate	29.4%	27.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1958	1960