College Park vs South Laurel

A side-by-side comparison of College Park and South Laurel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

College Park has the higher population (34,397 vs 27,736 in South Laurel). South Laurel has the higher median household income ($90,715 vs $74,867 in College Park). South Laurel has the higher median home value ($443,100 vs $429,000 in College Park).

Population, income & housing

	College Park	South Laurel
Population	34,397	27,736
Median age	21.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,867	$90,715
Median home value	$429,000	$443,100
Median gross rent	$1,846	$1,795
Housing units	10,354	11,450
Homeownership rate	38.2%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Park	South Laurel
Population	32,159 → 34,397 (+7.0%)	28,683 → 27,736 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$66,679 → $74,867 (+12.3%)	$79,227 → $90,715 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$330,300 → $429,000 (+29.9%)	$343,500 → $443,100 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,528 → $1,846 (+20.8%)	$1,506 → $1,795 (+19.2%)

College Park

Population

32,15934,397

Median household income

$66,679$74,867

Median home value

$330,300$429,000

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,846

South Laurel

Population

28,68327,736

Median household income

$79,227$90,715

Median home value

$343,500$443,100

Median gross rent

$1,506$1,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College Park	South Laurel
Under 5	3.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	50.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	5.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	6.7%
75 and over	2.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Park	South Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	12.0%
Black or African American	23.8%	58.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	15.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Park	South Laurel
No high school diploma	13.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	18.2%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Park	South Laurel
Drove alone	48.2%	69.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.4%
Public transit	6.9%	5.8%
Walked	15.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.5%	11.9%
Other means	1.9%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Park	South Laurel
1-unit, detached	43.8%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	44.4%
20 or more units	42.7%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	College Park	South Laurel
Poverty rate	29.3%	11.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1979	1977