en ect ady ▁Blue ▁J ays ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Wood la wn ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 8 , 5 6 4 , ▁an ▁increase ▁of ▁ 1 . 9 % ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁making ▁one ▁of ▁only ▁three ▁neighborhood s ▁in ▁Sch en ect ady ▁to ▁post ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁that ▁de cade . ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 , 9 0 2 ▁housing ▁units ▁in ▁the ▁neighborhood ▁( a ▁ 5 . 9 % ▁increase ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 0 ) ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 2 . 3 6 ▁residents ▁per ▁household . ▁Of ▁the ▁housing ▁units , ▁ 6 2 . 1 % ▁were ▁owner - occup ied ▁while ▁ 3 7 . 9 % ▁were ▁r enter - occup ied . ▁While ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁owner - occup ied ▁housing ▁had ▁decl ined ▁in ▁Wood la wn ▁it ▁remained ▁the ▁second - high est ▁owner - occup ied ▁percentage ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁The ▁median ▁age ▁in ▁Wood la wn ▁was ▁ 4 0 . 6 , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁oldest ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁the ▁senior ▁population ▁had ▁increased ▁more ▁in ▁Wood la wn ▁than ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁Sch en ect ady ▁neighborhood s . ▁The ▁ 0 - 4 ▁pre - school ▁population ▁in ▁the ▁neighborhood ▁decl ined ▁by ▁ 1 5