Matoaca vs Woodlake

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

Matoaca 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 2,448 in Matoaca). Woodlake has the higher median household income ($133,782 vs $57,445 in Matoaca). Woodlake has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $205,100 in Matoaca).

Population, income & housing

	Matoaca	Woodlake
Population	2,448	7,373
Median age	31.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,445	$133,782
Median home value	$205,100	$371,900
Median gross rent	$995	$1,888
Housing units	1,191	2,741
Homeownership rate	76.4%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matoaca	Woodlake
Population	2,490 → 2,448 (-1.7%)	7,064 → 7,373 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$57,212 → $57,445 (+0.4%)	$104,556 → $133,782 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$150,500 → $205,100 (+36.3%)	$284,200 → $371,900 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $995 (-9.5%)	$1,410 → $1,888 (+33.9%)

Matoaca

Population

2,4902,448

Median household income

$57,212$57,445

Median home value

$150,500$205,100

Median gross rent

$1,100$995

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)

	Matoaca	Woodlake
Under 5	6.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.0%
75 and over	3.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matoaca	Woodlake
White (non-Hispanic)	59.8%	78.5%
Black or African American	30.2%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matoaca	Woodlake
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matoaca	Woodlake
Drove alone	75.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matoaca	Woodlake
1-unit, detached	99.9%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Matoaca	Woodlake
Poverty rate	9.0%	2.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1964	1989