Haverhill vs Laurel

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

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

Laurel has the higher population (221 vs 144 in Haverhill). Haverhill has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $59,167 in Laurel). Haverhill has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $104,300 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Haverhill	Laurel
Population	144	221
Median age	40.5 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$59,167
Median home value	$116,500	$104,300
Median gross rent	—	$713
Housing units	56	146
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverhill	Laurel
Population	179 → 144 (-19.6%)	219 → 221 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$77,813 → $59,583 (-23.4%)	$49,688 → $59,167 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $116,500 (+8.4%)	$81,700 → $104,300 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$585 → $713 (+21.9%)

Haverhill

Population

179144

Median household income

$77,813$59,583

Median home value

$107,500$116,500

Laurel

Population

219221

Median household income

$49,688$59,167

Median home value

$81,700$104,300

Median gross rent

$585$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haverhill	Laurel
Under 5	3.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	10.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	17.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.9%
75 and over	3.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverhill	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverhill	Laurel
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverhill	Laurel
Drove alone	84.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverhill	Laurel
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haverhill	Laurel
Poverty rate	11.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.62	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1962	1941