Castle Rock vs Woodland

A side-by-side comparison of Castle Rock and Woodland: population, income, housing, and more.

Castle Rock and Woodland are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodland has the higher population (6,513 vs 2,298 in Castle Rock). Woodland has the higher median household income ($83,193 vs $65,272 in Castle Rock). Woodland has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $301,000 in Castle Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Rock	Woodland
Population	2,298	6,513
Median age	31.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,272	$83,193
Median home value	$301,000	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,326	$1,369
Housing units	933	2,685
Homeownership rate	62.0%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Rock	Woodland
Population	3,153 → 2,298 (-27.1%)	6,071 → 6,513 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$50,573 → $65,272 (+29.1%)	$58,710 → $83,193 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $301,000 (+82.0%)	$252,100 → $384,100 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,326 (+66.8%)	$862 → $1,369 (+58.8%)

Castle Rock

Population

3,1532,298

Median household income

$50,573$65,272

Median home value

$165,400$301,000

Median gross rent

$795$1,326

Woodland

Population

6,0716,513

Median household income

$58,710$83,193

Median home value

$252,100$384,100

Median gross rent

$862$1,369

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castle Rock	Woodland
Under 5	13.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.5%
75 and over	8.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Rock	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Rock	Woodland
No high school diploma	9.6%	15.7%
High school graduate	34.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Rock	Woodland
Drove alone	87.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Rock	Woodland
1-unit, detached	73.1%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Castle Rock	Woodland
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1971	1994