Chillum vs Laurel

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

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

Chillum has the higher population (35,163 vs 29,594 in Laurel). Laurel has the higher median household income ($94,063 vs $78,513 in Chillum). Chillum has the higher median home value ($383,900 vs $367,300 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Chillum	Laurel
Population	35,163	29,594
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,513	$94,063
Median home value	$383,900	$367,300
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,878
Housing units	11,910	12,596
Homeownership rate	39.6%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillum	Laurel
Population	35,557 → 35,163 (-1.1%)	25,767 → 29,594 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$63,795 → $78,513 (+23.1%)	$78,313 → $94,063 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $383,900 (+31.1%)	$269,000 → $367,300 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,733 (+19.5%)	$1,566 → $1,878 (+19.9%)

Chillum

Population

35,55735,163

Median household income

$63,795$78,513

Median home value

$292,900$383,900

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,733

Laurel

Population

25,76729,594

Median household income

$78,313$94,063

Median home value

$269,000$367,300

Median gross rent

$1,566$1,878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillum	Laurel
Under 5	7.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.6%
75 and over	4.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillum	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	14.2%
Black or African American	42.5%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	48.5%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillum	Laurel
No high school diploma	28.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	27.5%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillum	Laurel
Drove alone	54.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	14.4%	9.6%
Public transit	15.3%	2.6%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.7%	14.3%
Other means	4.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillum	Laurel
1-unit, detached	37.8%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	29.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	20.7%
20 or more units	26.6%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chillum	Laurel
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.1%
Average household size	3.08	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1960	1984