Ettrick vs Woodlake

A side-by-side comparison of Ettrick and Woodlake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodlake has the higher population (7,373 vs 5,760 in Ettrick). Woodlake has the higher median household income ($133,782 vs $54,857 in Ettrick). Woodlake has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $184,400 in Ettrick).

Population, income & housing

	Ettrick	Woodlake
Population	5,760	7,373
Median age	24.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,857	$133,782
Median home value	$184,400	$371,900
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,888
Housing units	1,755	2,741
Homeownership rate	72.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ettrick	Woodlake
Population	5,201 → 5,760 (+10.7%)	7,064 → 7,373 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$62,429 → $54,857 (-12.1%)	$104,556 → $133,782 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $184,400 (+35.6%)	$284,200 → $371,900 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,223 (+14.4%)	$1,410 → $1,888 (+33.9%)

Ettrick

Population

5,2015,760

Median household income

$62,429$54,857

Median home value

$136,000$184,400

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,223

Woodlake

Population

7,0647,373

Median household income

$104,556$133,782

Median home value

$284,200$371,900

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ettrick	Woodlake
Under 5	4.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	37.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	18.5%
45 to 54	3.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.0%
75 and over	4.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ettrick	Woodlake
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	67.2%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ettrick	Woodlake
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	21.3%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ettrick	Woodlake
Drove alone	71.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.7%
Public transit	2.7%	1.4%
Walked	10.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	17.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ettrick	Woodlake
1-unit, detached	88.4%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ettrick	Woodlake
Poverty rate	9.2%	2.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1977	1989