Woodland is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 530 people and just one neighborhood, Woodland is the 475th largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Woodland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Woodland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Woodland is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodland who work in office and administrative support (26.83%), management occupations (14.63%), and farm management occupations (12.20%).
In addition, many people in Woodland have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
Of important note, Woodland is also a town of artists. Woodland has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Woodland’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Woodland is worth considering.
Woodland is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Woodland, just 8.67% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Woodland in 2022 was $23,774, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,096 for a family of four. However, Woodland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Woodland is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Woodland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodland residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Woodland include English, Scots-Irish, French, European, and African.
In addition, Woodland has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.51%).
The most common language spoken in Woodland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Our research reveals that 95.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 32.3%, which is higher than 95.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 23 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 3.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Woodland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.9%), and 20.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.8% of households. Some people also speak Arabic (3.5%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Woodland, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (4.6%), and residents who report Arab roots (2.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.8%).
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (95.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.