Severn vs Woodland

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

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

Woodland has the higher population (569 vs 195 in Severn). Severn has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $28,125 in Woodland). Severn has the higher median home value ($122,900 vs $100,000 in Woodland).

Population, income & housing

	Severn	Woodland
Population	195	569
Median age	43.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$28,125
Median home value	$122,900	$100,000
Median gross rent	$783	$514
Housing units	90	352
Homeownership rate	86.3%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Severn	Woodland
Population	212 → 195 (-8.0%)	785 → 569 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $52,188 (+57.5%)	$37,361 → $28,125 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $122,900 (+24.3%)	$88,600 → $100,000 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $783 (-9.1%)	$415 → $514 (+23.9%)

Severn

Population

212195

Median household income

$33,125$52,188

Median home value

$98,900$122,900

Median gross rent

$861$783

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)

	Severn	Woodland
Under 5	9.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	22.6%	1.4%
35 to 44	4.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	0.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	22.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	21.6%
75 and over	6.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Severn	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	42.2%
Black or African American	17.4%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Severn	Woodland
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.0%
High school graduate	43.6%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Severn	Woodland
Drove alone	78.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	15.3%
Other means	9.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Severn	Woodland
1-unit, detached	85.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Severn	Woodland
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	1953	1960