Ellisville vs Laurel

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

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

Laurel has the higher population (17,129 vs 4,593 in Ellisville). Laurel has the higher median household income ($37,781 vs $32,853 in Ellisville). Laurel has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $97,000 in Ellisville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellisville	Laurel
Population	4,593	17,129
Median age	32.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,853	$37,781
Median home value	$97,000	$110,200
Median gross rent	$797	$839
Housing units	1,397	7,692
Homeownership rate	49.5%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellisville	Laurel
Population	4,714 → 4,593 (-2.6%)	18,508 → 17,129 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$30,565 → $32,853 (+7.5%)	$31,968 → $37,781 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $97,000 (-5.9%)	$85,800 → $110,200 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $797 (+6.3%)	$668 → $839 (+25.6%)

Ellisville

Population

4,7144,593

Median household income

$30,565$32,853

Median home value

$103,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$750$797

Laurel

Population

18,50817,129

Median household income

$31,968$37,781

Median home value

$85,800$110,200

Median gross rent

$668$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellisville	Laurel
Under 5	5.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	20.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.6%
75 and over	7.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellisville	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	28.2%
Black or African American	33.2%	64.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellisville	Laurel
No high school diploma	18.1%	15.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellisville	Laurel
Drove alone	82.3%	87.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellisville	Laurel
1-unit, detached	71.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	9.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Ellisville	Laurel
Poverty rate	34.6%	31.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1980	1969