Laurel vs Sharon

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

Laurel and Sharon 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 2,223 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median household income ($90,278 vs $37,781 in Laurel). Laurel has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $100,100 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel	Sharon
Population	17,129	2,223
Median age	35.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,781	$90,278
Median home value	$110,200	$100,100
Median gross rent	$839	—
Housing units	7,692	876
Homeownership rate	61.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel	Sharon
Population	18,508 → 17,129 (-7.5%)	1,313 → 2,223 (+69.3%)
Median household income	$31,968 → $37,781 (+18.2%)	$51,393 → $90,278 (+75.7%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $110,200 (+28.4%)	$87,200 → $100,100 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $839 (+25.6%)	—

Laurel

Population

18,50817,129

Median household income

$31,968$37,781

Median home value

$85,800$110,200

Median gross rent

$668$839

Sharon

Population

1,3132,223

Median household income

$51,393$90,278

Median home value

$87,200$100,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel	Sharon
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	26.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.7%
75 and over	6.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	79.0%
Black or African American	64.7%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel	Sharon
No high school diploma	15.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel	Sharon
Drove alone	87.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel	Sharon
1-unit, detached	73.4%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	56.5%

Poverty & households

	Laurel	Sharon
Poverty rate	31.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	17	45
Median year structure built	1969	1992