Marlboro Meadows vs West Laurel

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

Marlboro Meadows 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 4,003 in Marlboro Meadows). West Laurel has the higher median household income ($160,692 vs $107,585 in Marlboro Meadows). West Laurel has the higher median home value ($487,200 vs $383,200 in Marlboro Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
Population	4,003	4,231
Median age	43.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,585	$160,692
Median home value	$383,200	$487,200
Median gross rent	$2,346	—
Housing units	1,492	1,492
Homeownership rate	95.4%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
Population	3,468 → 4,003 (+15.4%)	4,383 → 4,231 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$83,558 → $107,585 (+28.8%)	$133,667 → $160,692 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$271,900 → $383,200 (+40.9%)	$363,200 → $487,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,853 → $2,346 (+26.6%)	—

Marlboro Meadows

Population

3,4684,003

Median household income

$83,558$107,585

Median home value

$271,900$383,200

Median gross rent

$1,853$2,346

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)

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
Under 5	3.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	20.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.0%
75 and over	10.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	38.2%
Black or African American	79.0%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	4.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
Drove alone	73.2%	73.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.2%
Public transit	6.7%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.5%	12.7%
Other means	1.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
1-unit, detached	90.3%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marlboro Meadows	West Laurel
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1976	1968