About Woodland

Woodland is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 195 people and just one neighborhood, Woodland is the 353rd largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Woodland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.5% of the Woodland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Woodland is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodland who work in sales jobs (10.23%), architecture and engineering (6.82%), and office and administrative support jobs (6.82%).

One downside of living in Woodland is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Woodland, the average commute to work is 33.07 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Woodland is a very car-oriented town. 97.73% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Woodland is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Woodland has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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.

Woodland Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Woodland who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 23.70% of adults in Woodland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Woodland in 2000 was $17,106, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,424 for a family of four.

The people who call Woodland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Woodland is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Woodland include Irish, English, European, Scottish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Woodland is English.