New Market vs Woodstock

A side-by-side comparison of New Market and Woodstock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodstock has the higher population (5,851 vs 2,159 in New Market). Woodstock has the higher median household income ($61,364 vs $47,967 in New Market). Woodstock has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $247,400 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	Woodstock
Population	2,159	5,851
Median age	48.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,967	$61,364
Median home value	$247,400	$248,300
Median gross rent	$745	$941
Housing units	1,087	2,370
Homeownership rate	41.0%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	Woodstock
Population	2,180 → 2,159 (-1.0%)	5,210 → 5,851 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$41,892 → $47,967 (+14.5%)	$42,868 → $61,364 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$233,300 → $247,400 (+6.0%)	$215,100 → $248,300 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $745 (+2.8%)	$947 → $941 (-0.6%)

New Market

Population

2,1802,159

Median household income

$41,892$47,967

Median home value

$233,300$247,400

Median gross rent

$725$745

Woodstock

Population

5,2105,851

Median household income

$42,868$61,364

Median home value

$215,100$248,300

Median gross rent

$947$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Market	Woodstock
Under 5	2.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	19.8%	7.6%
75 and over	13.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	68.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	Woodstock
No high school diploma	13.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	Woodstock
Drove alone	70.1%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	Woodstock
1-unit, detached	39.7%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	21.3%
20 or more units	7.4%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	New Market	Woodstock
Poverty rate	12.3%	26.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1981	1988