Seat Pleasant vs West Laurel

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

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

Seat Pleasant has the higher population (4,515 vs 4,231 in West Laurel). West Laurel has the higher median household income ($160,692 vs $54,076 in Seat Pleasant). West Laurel has the higher median home value ($487,200 vs $296,600 in Seat Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
Population	4,515	4,231
Median age	46.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,076	$160,692
Median home value	$296,600	$487,200
Median gross rent	$1,392	—
Housing units	2,372	1,492
Homeownership rate	52.4%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	26.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
Population	4,739 → 4,515 (-4.7%)	4,383 → 4,231 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$55,370 → $54,076 (-2.3%)	$133,667 → $160,692 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$208,700 → $296,600 (+42.1%)	$363,200 → $487,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,392 (+43.1%)	—

Seat Pleasant

Population

4,7394,515

Median household income

$55,370$54,076

Median home value

$208,700$296,600

Median gross rent

$973$1,392

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)

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
Under 5	8.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	20.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	18.7%
65 to 74	14.6%	8.0%
75 and over	7.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	38.2%
Black or African American	80.2%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	42.0%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
Drove alone	57.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.2%
Public transit	8.9%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	25.3%	12.7%
Other means	3.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
1-unit, detached	44.3%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seat Pleasant	West Laurel
Poverty rate	15.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1961	1968