Bee Ridge vs Laurel

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

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

Laurel has the higher population (11,868 vs 9,921 in Bee Ridge). Laurel has the higher median household income ($89,282 vs $79,375 in Bee Ridge). Laurel has the higher median home value ($450,200 vs $370,400 in Bee Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
Population	9,921	11,868
Median age	55.3 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$89,282
Median home value	$370,400	$450,200
Median gross rent	$1,833	$1,411
Housing units	4,991	7,317
Homeownership rate	78.9%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
Population	9,958 → 9,921 (-0.4%)	9,518 → 11,868 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$65,508 → $79,375 (+21.2%)	$59,631 → $89,282 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $370,400 (+50.8%)	$235,700 → $450,200 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,833 (+31.5%)	$1,271 → $1,411 (+11.0%)

Bee Ridge

Population

9,9589,921

Median household income

$65,508$79,375

Median home value

$245,600$370,400

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,833

Laurel

Population

9,51811,868

Median household income

$59,631$89,282

Median home value

$235,700$450,200

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
Under 5	3.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.6%	7.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	22.0%
75 and over	19.0%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	27.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
Drove alone	81.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.3%	21.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
1-unit, detached	58.6%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Bee Ridge	Laurel
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1988	1983