Clinton vs Laurel

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

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

Clinton has the higher population (38,756 vs 29,594 in Laurel). Clinton has the higher median household income ($120,967 vs $94,063 in Laurel). Clinton has the higher median home value ($400,300 vs $367,300 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Laurel
Population	38,756	29,594
Median age	45.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$120,967	$94,063
Median home value	$400,300	$367,300
Median gross rent	$1,665	$1,878
Housing units	14,080	12,596
Homeownership rate	90.4%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Laurel
Population	39,018 → 38,756 (-0.7%)	25,767 → 29,594 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$112,771 → $120,967 (+7.3%)	$78,313 → $94,063 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$299,800 → $400,300 (+33.5%)	$269,000 → $367,300 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,954 → $1,665 (-14.8%)	$1,566 → $1,878 (+19.9%)

Clinton

Population

39,01838,756

Median household income

$112,771$120,967

Median home value

$299,800$400,300

Median gross rent

$1,954$1,665

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)

	Clinton	Laurel
Under 5	3.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	7.0%	14.2%
Black or African American	76.3%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Laurel
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Laurel
Drove alone	64.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.6%
Public transit	5.4%	2.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.8%	14.3%
Other means	4.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Laurel
1-unit, detached	85.6%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	29.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	20.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Laurel
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1987	1984