Gulf Gate vs Laurel

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

Gulf Gate 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 8,317 in Gulf Gate). Laurel has the higher median household income ($89,282 vs $64,724 in Gulf Gate). Laurel has the higher median home value ($450,200 vs $344,500 in Gulf Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
Population	8,317	11,868
Median age	51.3 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,724	$89,282
Median home value	$344,500	$450,200
Median gross rent	$1,661	$1,411
Housing units	4,684	7,317
Homeownership rate	61.2%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
Population	8,521 → 8,317 (-2.4%)	9,518 → 11,868 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $64,724 (+22.0%)	$59,631 → $89,282 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$260,400 → $344,500 (+32.3%)	$235,700 → $450,200 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,661 (+35.3%)	$1,271 → $1,411 (+11.0%)

Gulf Gate

Population

8,5218,317

Median household income

$53,036$64,724

Median home value

$260,400$344,500

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,661

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)

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
Under 5	1.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	4.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	22.0%
75 and over	15.3%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
Drove alone	77.1%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	4.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.3%	21.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
1-unit, detached	63.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Gate	Laurel
Poverty rate	12.2%	5.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1973	1983