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SheetVA-WOODLAWN-CDP-CARROLL-COUNTY-VA · Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA 2,461 pop · income 70th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cabool · lowest
30,781
Cabool · lowest
30,781 median HH income
14.7% of the leader · rank #1
Woodlawn CDP… · this city
89,375
Woodlawn CDP… · this city
89,375 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #2
Woodmont · near
89,375
Woodmont · near
89,375 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #3
Wailea · near
89,375
Wailea · near
89,375 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #4
Peppermill · near
89,375
Peppermill · near
89,375 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #5
Alvo · near
89,375
Alvo · near
89,375 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #6
Goose Creek · highest
209,042
Goose Creek · highest
209,042 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,461.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) lands in the 70th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
70th
percentile, household income
25th
percentile, home value
62nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA
Virginia's Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) is a small town, with 2,461 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) brings in $89,375 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Typical homes in Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) are valued around $144,700, and the median resident age is 39.0 years. Educational attainment runs 15.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 69.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Virginia at 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,369 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Virginia's average monthly utility costs around $235 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
What does the journey to work look like in Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Chilhowie (2,462 residents, $53,250 income); Oak Grove (2,452 residents, $193,526 income); Matoaca (2,448 residents, $57,445 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Portola, CA (2,462 residents); Cabool, MO (2,460 residents); Terre du Lac, MO (2,460 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
C-
City profile score · Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA
53/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$89,375
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
101.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) compare to other US cities?
Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value25% pricier than other cities
Median rent62% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#215 of 558
61st percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#451 of 567
20th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#387 of 616
37th percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#464 of 618
25th percentile in Virginia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$144,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 75% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#597 of 15,516
More affordable than 96% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#584 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.6×, Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) sits in the affordable band:
national rank #597 of 15,516 and #584 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$89,375Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,461
Median Income
$89,375
Median Home Value
$144,700
Median Age
39.0
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
69.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.0%
Carpool
23.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
1.1%
Based on 1,129 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) compares to similar-size Virginia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.