Polk vs Woodland Heights

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

Polk and Woodland Heights are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodland Heights has the higher population (1,446 vs 692 in Polk). Woodland Heights has the higher median household income ($51,607 vs $44,250 in Polk). Woodland Heights has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $87,500 in Polk).

Population, income & housing

	Polk	Woodland Heights
Population	692	1,446
Median age	53.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$51,607
Median home value	$87,500	$110,300
Median gross rent	$689	$862
Housing units	281	741
Homeownership rate	77.0%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk	Woodland Heights
Population	747 → 692 (-7.4%)	1,129 → 1,446 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$57,045 → $44,250 (-22.4%)	$46,063 → $51,607 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $87,500 (+40.7%)	$107,300 → $110,300 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $689 (+13.5%)	$670 → $862 (+28.7%)

Polk

Population

747692

Median household income

$57,045$44,250

Median home value

$62,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$607$689

Woodland Heights

Population

1,1291,446

Median household income

$46,063$51,607

Median home value

$107,300$110,300

Median gross rent

$670$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polk	Woodland Heights
Under 5	3.6%	11.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	3.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	17.7%
75 and over	10.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk	Woodland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.4%
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	2.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk	Woodland Heights
No high school diploma	24.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk	Woodland Heights
Drove alone	92.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk	Woodland Heights
1-unit, detached	85.8%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Polk	Woodland Heights
Poverty rate	35.0%	22.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	39
Median year structure built	1951	1955