Cana vs Woodlawn

A side-by-side comparison of Cana and Woodlawn: population, income, housing, and more.

Cana and Woodlawn are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodlawn has the higher population (2,461 vs 1,164 in Cana). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $61,985 in Cana). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $114,400 in Cana).

Population, income & housing

	Cana	Woodlawn
Population	1,164	2,461
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,985	$89,375
Median home value	$114,400	$144,700
Median gross rent	$1,074	$571
Housing units	671	905
Homeownership rate	70.1%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cana	Woodlawn
Population	1,820 → 1,164 (-36.0%)	2,168 → 2,461 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$47,583 → $61,985 (+30.3%)	$53,696 → $89,375 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$101,200 → $114,400 (+13.0%)	$141,900 → $144,700 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,074 (+14.9%)	$561 → $571 (+1.8%)

Cana

Population

1,8201,164

Median household income

$47,583$61,985

Median home value

$101,200$114,400

Median gross rent

$935$1,074

Woodlawn

Population

2,1682,461

Median household income

$53,696$89,375

Median home value

$141,900$144,700

Median gross rent

$561$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cana	Woodlawn
Under 5	5.2%	12.4%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.3%
75 and over	3.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cana	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cana	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	7.2%	14.4%
High school graduate	26.9%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cana	Woodlawn
Drove alone	95.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cana	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	77.6%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Cana	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	7.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1975	1978