What is the population of Woodfin town?

Woodfin town has 7,957 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #119 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Woodfin town?

Median household income in Woodfin town is $62,759 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Woodfin town?

Median gross rent is $1,408 a month and the median home value is $326,600, so rent absorbs about 26.9% of median household income.

Is Woodfin town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Woodfin town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Woodfin, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Woodfin, North Carolina (Woodfin, NC — Census place “Woodfin town”) is 7,957 residents, ranking #119 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $62,759, the median home is worth $326,600 and median gross rent runs $1,408 a month. Looking for the Woodfin North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Woodfin, NC: 28804.

Population: 7,957Woodfin town residents
Median household income: $62,759Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $326,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,408Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 52.7%Owner-occupied households

Woodfin ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Woodfin.

The Woodfin NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28804

What the numbers mean in Woodfin town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Woodfin town median would spend about 26.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13% of residents and 52.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Woodfin town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Woodfin town is a mid-size town in North Carolina, with 7,957 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #119 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 43.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Woodfin town earn a median of $62,759 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% above the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 13% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Woodfin town is valued at $326,600, 7.6% above the national figure and 49% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,408 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,896 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 52.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Woodfin town?: Woodfin town has 7,957 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #119 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Woodfin town?: Median household income in Woodfin town is $62,759 a year, 20.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Woodfin town?: Median gross rent is $1,408 a month and the median home value is $326,600, so rent absorbs about 26.9% of median household income.
Is Woodfin town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Woodfin town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Woodfin town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.