Bridgeton vs Laurel Lake

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

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

Bridgeton has the higher population (26,836 vs 2,514 in Laurel Lake). Laurel Lake has the higher median household income ($51,633 vs $46,124 in Bridgeton). Laurel Lake has the higher median home value ($138,100 vs $134,400 in Bridgeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
Population	26,836	2,514
Median age	28.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,124	$51,633
Median home value	$134,400	$138,100
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,171
Housing units	7,681	1,128
Homeownership rate	35.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
Population	24,540 → 26,836 (+9.4%)	3,325 → 2,514 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$37,804 → $46,124 (+22.0%)	$43,615 → $51,633 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $134,400 (+23.1%)	$105,500 → $138,100 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,129 → $1,367 (+21.1%)	$1,211 → $1,171 (-3.3%)

Bridgeton

Population

24,54026,836

Median household income

$37,804$46,124

Median home value

$109,200$134,400

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,367

Laurel Lake

Population

3,3252,514

Median household income

$43,615$51,633

Median home value

$105,500$138,100

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,171

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
Under 5	7.6%	10.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.6%
75 and over	2.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	10.0%	72.9%
Black or African American	30.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	57.0%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
No high school diploma	34.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
Drove alone	62.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	27.1%	10.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
1-unit, detached	37.4%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	29.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Laurel Lake
Poverty rate	31.7%	16.9%
Average household size	3.32	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1957	1981