Chesilhurst vs Laurel Springs

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

Chesilhurst 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 1,340 in Chesilhurst). Laurel Springs has the higher median household income ($120,795 vs $89,904 in Chesilhurst). Laurel Springs has the higher median home value ($254,600 vs $215,100 in Chesilhurst).

Population, income & housing

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
Population	1,340	2,025
Median age	51.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,904	$120,795
Median home value	$215,100	$254,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,090
Housing units	556	719
Homeownership rate	87.9%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
Population	1,489 → 1,340 (-10.0%)	1,959 → 2,025 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$55,556 → $89,904 (+61.8%)	$89,375 → $120,795 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $215,100 (+39.9%)	$178,600 → $254,600 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $718 (-30.9%)	$872 → $1,090 (+25.0%)

Chesilhurst

Population

1,4891,340

Median household income

$55,556$89,904

Median home value

$153,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$1,039$718

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)

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
Under 5	1.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	26.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.9%
75 and over	7.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	83.3%
Black or African American	35.1%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
No high school diploma	15.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
Drove alone	65.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	19.5%	3.7%
Public transit	7.0%	4.5%
Walked	0.9%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
1-unit, detached	74.6%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	7.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesilhurst	Laurel Springs
Poverty rate	11.7%	5.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1975	1951