Woodland ParkNE
The town, home to 1,657 people, lies in Nebraska.
Is Woodland Park a good place to live?
Woodland Park’s best subject grade is a B+ for health; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 1.3% of working residents work locally in Woodland Park, against 34% in Nebraska’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. No town in Nebraska scores lower than Woodland Park on walkability. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Only 5 of Nebraska’s 133 towns score lower on history. Woodland Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Woodland Park for work
Where Woodland Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Woodland Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Nebraska), ordered by how far Woodland Park is from typical.
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Moving to Woodland Park: who provides what
Woodland Park is unincorporated, so Stanton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Woodland Park.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Woodland Park, mostly inland flooding
Only 3 of the 58 Nebraska towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Woodland Park. Expected losses in Woodland Park break down as 50% from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Woodland Park fall behind 57% of Nebraska districts
The Norfolk Public Schools runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Woodland Park’s public school: 182 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park Elementary SCHLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 182 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NE on state tests and graduation
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodland Park’s workers commute out
The median commute is under 6 miles. Woodland Park’s mean commuting time is 23 minutes. Most working residents leave Woodland Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Norfolk (37%), Stanton (7%) and Omaha (6%).
| Woodland Park | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Nebraska overall
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 25%, against 35% across Nebraska. Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (36% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). For residents in Woodland Park, the share who are 65 or older is 12%.
| Woodland Park | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 28% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 37.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Nebraska, 49.7% of residents are women.
| Woodland Park | NE | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.4% | 13.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 11.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.5% | 13.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.6% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.2% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 7.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.7% | 25% | 26% |
| Some college | 9.8% | 21.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 21.5% | 11% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 22.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.5% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Woodland Park ranks healthier than 68% of the country’s towns
Nearly a quarter of adults binge drink in Woodland Park. Two figures for adults here: 73% had a checkup this year, 29% have high blood pressure.
| Woodland Park | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 76% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| What stands out | Woodland Park | NE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.1% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.2% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Woodland Park brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 12° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of households in Woodland Park own their home than in the typical Nebraska or U.S. town
The going rate for rent in Woodland Park is $1,413 a month.
| Woodland Park | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,413 a month | $914 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Woodland Park
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Woodland Park
About 2 of every 100 Woodland Park residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Nebraska.
About Woodland Park
Unincorporated community in Nebraska, United States
Woodland Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stanton County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Woodland Park had a population of 1,830. Nebraska Highway 35 passes through the community.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,693 ft
Questions about Woodland Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodland Park, NE expensive?
The typical home is worth about $166,000, 40% below the Nebraska typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.