Brown Station vs West Laurel

A side-by-side comparison of Brown Station and West Laurel: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown Station and West Laurel are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Laurel has the higher population (4,231 vs 3,918 in Brown Station). West Laurel has the higher median household income ($160,692 vs $153,750 in Brown Station). West Laurel has the higher median home value ($487,200 vs $449,700 in Brown Station).

Population, income & housing

	Brown Station	West Laurel
Population	3,918	4,231
Median age	51.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$153,750	$160,692
Median home value	$449,700	$487,200
Housing units	1,401	1,492
Homeownership rate	73.7%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown Station	West Laurel
Population	3,596 → 3,918 (+9.0%)	4,383 → 4,231 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$126,250 → $153,750 (+21.8%)	$133,667 → $160,692 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$374,600 → $449,700 (+20.0%)	$363,200 → $487,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,195 → $1,934 (-11.9%)	—

Brown Station

Population

3,5963,918

Median household income

$126,250$153,750

Median home value

$374,600$449,700

Median gross rent

$2,195$1,934

West Laurel

Population

4,3834,231

Median household income

$133,667$160,692

Median home value

$363,200$487,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown Station	West Laurel
Under 5	4.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	20.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	20.0%	18.7%
65 to 74	15.5%	8.0%
75 and over	8.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown Station	West Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	38.2%
Black or African American	91.1%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown Station	West Laurel
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown Station	West Laurel
Drove alone	70.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.2%
Public transit	9.9%	4.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.3%	12.7%
Other means	4.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown Station	West Laurel
1-unit, detached	82.4%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brown Station	West Laurel
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1988	1968