Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), Virginia Cost Of Living

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Overall 8%

Goods & Services 12%

Housing 41%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2021 and was released from C2ER in January, 2022; this is the most current data available.

The cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. For example, if the cost of living is 90, then it is 10% lower than average. If the cost of living is 110, then it is 10% higher than average. The breakdown for each index is as follows: goods & services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). If the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used.
Index	Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)	Virginia	National
Cost of living	92	107	100
Goods & Services	112	100	100
Groceries	112	96	100
Health care	102	100	100
Housing	59	130	100
Transportation	99	93	100
Utilities	93	97	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) is 14% lower than the Virginia average
The cost of living in Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) is 8% lower than the national average
Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) housing is 41% lower than the national average
Virginia general sales tax is 4% higher than the national average
Virginia state income tax is 19% lower than the national average

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

Median Income	Per Year	Per Month	Max Budget (28% DTI)	Max Budget (36% DTI)
Owners	$54,718	$4,560	$1,277	$1,642
Renters	$41,563	$3,464	$970	$1,247

The affordability of the housing market in Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA as well as the overall cost of living can be predicted by what percent of the monthly income is spent on housing related costs. This is konwn as the debt-to-income ratio (DTI). The overall rule of thumb is that no more than 28% of your gross income should be spent on the overall costs related to housing and no more than 36% of gross income on all expenses and debts. Among Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County) homeowners, the median income is $54,718. This indicates that a monthly maximum of $1,277 should be spent by homeowners on all housing related costs. Renters have a median income of $41,563. This indicates that renters would have a maximum of $970 for their rent related monthly costs.

Virginia Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Virginia	5.3%	6%

Virginia Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Virginia	2%	5.75%

Goods & Services

Item	Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$26.68	$20.27	31.6%
Beauty Salon	$64.51	$40.39	59.7%
Toothpaste	$3.09	$2.36	30.9%
Shampoo	$1.09	$1.08	1.4%
Movie	$13.27	$10.99	20.7%
Bowling	$23.12	$15.49	49.2%

Groceries

Item	Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$4.36	$4.30	1.6%
Fried Chicken	$1.56	$1.40	11.2%
Milk	$2.81	$2.20	27.7%
Potatoes	$4.03	$3.22	25.1%
Pizza	$11.82	$10.74	10.0%
Beer	$10.51	$9.60	9.5%

Health Care

Item	Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$106.32	$109.73	3.1%
Doctor	$128.64	$118.34	8.7%
Dentist	$105.17	$100.94	4.2%
Ibuprofen	$10.17	$9.93	2.4%
Lipitor	$444.67	$469.53	5.3%

Housing

Item	Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$111,300.00	$184,700.00	39.7%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$2,857.81	$1,229.62	132.4%
Apartment Rent	$521.00	$949.00	45.1%

Transportation

Item	Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.65	$2.71	2.4%
Tire Balancing	$52.44	$51.86	1.1%

Utilities

Item	Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County)	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$152.84	$170.84	10.5%
Phone	$181.41	$187.18	3.1%

Although the cost of living data is updated regularly, this cost of living information is to be used as estimates only as prices can change on an ongoing basis.

Nearby cities with low cost of living

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Rose Hill CDP (Lee County), VA	708	90	-10%
Potomac Heights, MD	1,191	94	-6%
Wakefield town, VA	810	96	-4%
Belle Haven town, VA	562	100	0%
Quantico, VA	524	102	2%
Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA	2,247	92	-8%

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Halstead, KS	2,247	86	-14%
Dauphin, MB	2,247	n/a
Nanton, AB	2,247	n/a
Buchanan, NY	2,246	141	41%
Glendale, OH	2,246	106	6%
Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA	2,247	92	-8%

Source: The Woodlawn CDP (Carroll County), VA cost of living data displayed above is derived from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) for 2021.