Bridgeville vs Laurel

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeville and Laurel: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgeville and Laurel are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laurel has the higher population (4,043 vs 2,661 in Bridgeville). Bridgeville has the higher median household income ($69,631 vs $44,593 in Laurel). Bridgeville has the higher median home value ($397,400 vs $192,700 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeville	Laurel
Population	2,661	4,043
Median age	63.2 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,631	$44,593
Median home value	$397,400	$192,700
Median gross rent	$942	$924
Housing units	1,315	1,563
Homeownership rate	73.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeville	Laurel
Population	3,137 → 2,661 (-15.2%)	4,179 → 4,043 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,631 (+39.3%)	$37,857 → $44,593 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$276,500 → $397,400 (+43.7%)	$157,000 → $192,700 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $942 (+52.4%)	$775 → $924 (+19.2%)

Bridgeville

Population

3,1372,661

Median household income

$50,000$69,631

Median home value

$276,500$397,400

Median gross rent

$618$942

Laurel

Population

4,1794,043

Median household income

$37,857$44,593

Median home value

$157,000$192,700

Median gross rent

$775$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeville	Laurel
Under 5	7.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	7.8%	26.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	21.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	5.5%
65 to 74	34.7%	9.9%
75 and over	12.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeville	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	23.5%
Black or African American	22.7%	39.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeville	Laurel
No high school diploma	12.4%	33.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeville	Laurel
Drove alone	73.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	13.1%
Public transit	2.5%	8.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.8%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeville	Laurel
1-unit, detached	73.7%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	15.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeville	Laurel
Poverty rate	12.9%	35.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2005	1972