Eglin AFB vs Laurel Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Eglin AFB and Laurel Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Eglin AFB and Laurel Hill are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eglin AFB has the higher population (2,975 vs 337 in Laurel Hill). Eglin AFB has the higher median household income ($76,705 vs $61,534 in Laurel Hill). Since 2019, Eglin AFB's population has grown faster (+38.2% vs -47.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
Population	2,975	337
Median age	24.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,705	$61,534
Median home value	—	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,897	$742
Housing units	987	233
Homeownership rate	0.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
Population	2,152 → 2,975 (+38.2%)	638 → 337 (-47.2%)
Median household income	$44,712 → $76,705 (+71.6%)	$40,446 → $61,534 (+52.1%)
Median home value	—	$72,700 → $112,500 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,897 (+30.3%)	$842 → $742 (-11.9%)

Eglin AFB

Population

2,1522,975

Median household income

$44,712$76,705

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,897

Laurel Hill

Population

638337

Median household income

$40,446$61,534

Median home value

$72,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$842$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
Under 5	14.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	23.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	14.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	27.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	2.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	0.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	2.2%	8.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	86.4%
Black or African American	6.8%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	16.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
Drove alone	83.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
1-unit, detached	27.9%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	62.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Eglin AFB	Laurel Hill
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.3%
Average household size	3.12	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	15	38
Median year structure built	2013	1985