Obion vs Woodland Mills

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

Obion and Woodland Mills are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Obion has the higher population (1,088 vs 584 in Woodland Mills). Woodland Mills has the higher median household income ($77,368 vs $49,018 in Obion). Woodland Mills has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $91,300 in Obion).

Population, income & housing

	Obion	Woodland Mills
Population	1,088	584
Median age	44.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,018	$77,368
Median home value	$91,300	$125,300
Median gross rent	$870	$869
Housing units	615	196
Homeownership rate	53.8%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Obion	Woodland Mills
Population	1,339 → 1,088 (-18.7%)	323 → 584 (+80.8%)
Median household income	$38,824 → $49,018 (+26.3%)	$44,000 → $77,368 (+75.8%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $91,300 (+33.3%)	$100,400 → $125,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $870 (+30.6%)	$558 → $869 (+55.7%)

Obion

Population

1,3391,088

Median household income

$38,824$49,018

Median home value

$68,500$91,300

Median gross rent

$666$870

Woodland Mills

Population

323584

Median household income

$44,000$77,368

Median home value

$100,400$125,300

Median gross rent

$558$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Obion	Woodland Mills
Under 5	3.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	23.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	6.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.6%
75 and over	8.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Obion	Woodland Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	82.9%
Black or African American	5.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Obion	Woodland Mills
No high school diploma	14.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	53.4%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Obion	Woodland Mills
Drove alone	84.9%	88.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.2%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Obion	Woodland Mills
1-unit, detached	82.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Obion	Woodland Mills
Poverty rate	26.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1975	1970