Dividing Creek vs Laurel Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Dividing Creek and Laurel Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dividing Creek has the higher population (595 vs 391 in Laurel Heights). Laurel Heights has the higher median household income ($81,713 vs $68,125 in Dividing Creek). Laurel Heights has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $125,000 in Dividing Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
Population	595	391
Median age	29.4 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$81,713
Median home value	$125,000	$201,400
Housing units	185	161
Homeownership rate	75.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
Population	453 → 595 (+31.3%)	540 → 391 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$57,946 → $68,125 (+17.6%)	$44,484 → $81,713 (+83.7%)
Median home value	$157,400 → $125,000 (-20.6%)	$160,700 → $201,400 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $587 (+22.3%)	—

Dividing Creek

Population

453595

Median household income

$57,946$68,125

Median home value

$157,400$125,000

Median gross rent

$480$587

Laurel Heights

Population

540391

Median household income

$44,484$81,713

Median home value

$160,700$201,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
Under 5	6.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	34.3%	23.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	24.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.0%
75 and over	9.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
No high school diploma	9.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
Drove alone	81.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dividing Creek	Laurel Heights
Poverty rate	5.4%	15.9%
Average household size	3.22	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1956	1965