Gouldtown vs Laurel Lake

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

Gouldtown 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.

Laurel Lake has the higher population (2,514 vs 1,555 in Gouldtown). Gouldtown has the higher median household income ($53,281 vs $51,633 in Laurel Lake). Gouldtown has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $138,100 in Laurel Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
Population	1,555	2,514
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,281	$51,633
Median home value	$179,800	$138,100
Median gross rent	$1,252	$1,171
Housing units	661	1,128
Homeownership rate	71.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
Population	1,805 → 1,555 (-13.9%)	3,325 → 2,514 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$43,563 → $53,281 (+22.3%)	$43,615 → $51,633 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $179,800 (+12.9%)	$105,500 → $138,100 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,252 (+21.1%)	$1,211 → $1,171 (-3.3%)

Gouldtown

Population

1,8051,555

Median household income

$43,563$53,281

Median home value

$159,200$179,800

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,252

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)

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
Under 5	8.4%	10.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.6%
75 and over	6.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	72.9%
Black or African American	66.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
No high school diploma	19.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	48.7%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
Drove alone	67.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	21.6%	10.6%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
1-unit, detached	72.6%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
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	27.4%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Gouldtown	Laurel Lake
Poverty rate	7.4%	16.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1974	1981