Brooklawn vs Laurel Springs

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

Brooklawn and Laurel Springs are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laurel Springs has the higher population (2,025 vs 1,788 in Brooklawn). Laurel Springs has the higher median household income ($120,795 vs $55,882 in Brooklawn). Laurel Springs has the higher median home value ($254,600 vs $148,700 in Brooklawn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
Population	1,788	2,025
Median age	44.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,882	$120,795
Median home value	$148,700	$254,600
Median gross rent	$1,507	$1,090
Housing units	967	719
Homeownership rate	78.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
Population	2,004 → 1,788 (-10.8%)	1,959 → 2,025 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$66,797 → $55,882 (-16.3%)	$89,375 → $120,795 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $148,700 (+13.4%)	$178,600 → $254,600 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,332 → $1,507 (+13.1%)	$872 → $1,090 (+25.0%)

Brooklawn

Population

2,0041,788

Median household income

$66,797$55,882

Median home value

$131,100$148,700

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,507

Laurel Springs

Population

1,9592,025

Median household income

$89,375$120,795

Median home value

$178,600$254,600

Median gross rent

$872$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
Under 5	3.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.9%
75 and over	14.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	83.3%
Black or African American	12.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
No high school diploma	18.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	38.7%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
Drove alone	71.8%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.7%
Public transit	4.2%	4.5%
Walked	5.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
1-unit, detached	46.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	41.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklawn	Laurel Springs
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1938	1951