Cedar Grove vs Laurel

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

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

Laurel has the higher population (474 vs 244 in Cedar Grove). Cedar Grove has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $24,663 in Laurel). Cedar Grove has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $76,100 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
Population	244	474
Median age	40.5 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$24,663
Median home value	$160,900	$76,100
Median gross rent	$588	$973
Housing units	110	250
Homeownership rate	73.6%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
Population	167 → 244 (+46.1%)	794 → 474 (-40.3%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $60,625 (+2.1%)	$29,531 → $24,663 (-16.5%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $160,900 (+11.9%)	$58,100 → $76,100 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $588 (+22.0%)	$663 → $973 (+46.8%)

Cedar Grove

Population

167244

Median household income

$59,375$60,625

Median home value

$143,800$160,900

Median gross rent

$482$588

Laurel

Population

794474

Median household income

$29,531$24,663

Median home value

$58,100$76,100

Median gross rent

$663$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
Under 5	5.7%	14.1%
5 to 17	27.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	3.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	17.2%	5.7%
75 and over	2.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
No high school diploma	6.4%	22.4%
High school graduate	41.7%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
Drove alone	83.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	9.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
1-unit, detached	85.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Grove	Laurel
Poverty rate	12.7%	33.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1938	1951