Fruitville vs Laurel

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

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

Fruitville has the higher population (15,828 vs 11,868 in Laurel). Laurel has the higher median household income ($89,282 vs $86,500 in Fruitville). Laurel has the higher median home value ($450,200 vs $379,600 in Fruitville).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitville	Laurel
Population	15,828	11,868
Median age	46.6 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$89,282
Median home value	$379,600	$450,200
Median gross rent	$1,882	$1,411
Housing units	7,785	7,317
Homeownership rate	61.0%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitville	Laurel
Population	14,068 → 15,828 (+12.5%)	9,518 → 11,868 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$75,693 → $86,500 (+14.3%)	$59,631 → $89,282 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$258,700 → $379,600 (+46.7%)	$235,700 → $450,200 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,501 → $1,882 (+25.4%)	$1,271 → $1,411 (+11.0%)

Fruitville

Population

14,06815,828

Median household income

$75,693$86,500

Median home value

$258,700$379,600

Median gross rent

$1,501$1,882

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)

	Fruitville	Laurel
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	22.0%
75 and over	12.9%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitville	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitville	Laurel
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitville	Laurel
Drove alone	79.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.4%	21.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitville	Laurel
1-unit, detached	64.2%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	17.6%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Fruitville	Laurel
Poverty rate	7.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1989	1983