Greenbelt vs Laurel

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

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

Laurel has the higher population (29,594 vs 24,572 in Greenbelt). Laurel has the higher median household income ($94,063 vs $86,352 in Greenbelt). Laurel has the higher median home value ($367,300 vs $258,600 in Greenbelt).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbelt	Laurel
Population	24,572	29,594
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,352	$94,063
Median home value	$258,600	$367,300
Median gross rent	$1,807	$1,878
Housing units	11,007	12,596
Homeownership rate	47.9%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbelt	Laurel
Population	23,219 → 24,572 (+5.8%)	25,767 → 29,594 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$71,734 → $86,352 (+20.4%)	$78,313 → $94,063 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $258,600 (+13.7%)	$269,000 → $367,300 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,807 (+12.2%)	$1,566 → $1,878 (+19.9%)

Greenbelt

Population

23,21924,572

Median household income

$71,734$86,352

Median home value

$227,400$258,600

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,807

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)

	Greenbelt	Laurel
Under 5	6.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.6%
75 and over	2.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbelt	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	14.2%
Black or African American	45.4%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	9.0%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbelt	Laurel
No high school diploma	9.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	19.4%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbelt	Laurel
Drove alone	57.2%	68.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.6%
Public transit	12.1%	2.6%
Walked	3.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.5%	14.3%
Other means	2.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbelt	Laurel
1-unit, detached	10.5%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	29.5%	29.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	50.2%	20.7%
20 or more units	7.0%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenbelt	Laurel
Poverty rate	18.5%	9.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1976	1984