Laurel Lake vs Millville

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

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

Millville has the higher population (27,432 vs 2,514 in Laurel Lake). Millville has the higher median household income ($67,190 vs $51,633 in Laurel Lake). Millville has the higher median home value ($199,300 vs $138,100 in Laurel Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Lake	Millville
Population	2,514	27,432
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,633	$67,190
Median home value	$138,100	$199,300
Median gross rent	$1,171	$1,207
Housing units	1,128	11,875
Homeownership rate	78.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Lake	Millville
Population	3,325 → 2,514 (-24.4%)	27,721 → 27,432 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$43,615 → $51,633 (+18.4%)	$58,138 → $67,190 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$105,500 → $138,100 (+30.9%)	$159,000 → $199,300 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,171 (-3.3%)	$998 → $1,207 (+20.9%)

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

Millville

Population

27,72127,432

Median household income

$58,138$67,190

Median home value

$159,000$199,300

Median gross rent

$998$1,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Lake	Millville
Under 5	10.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.1%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Lake	Millville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	57.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	10.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Lake	Millville
No high school diploma	7.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	48.9%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Lake	Millville
Drove alone	84.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Lake	Millville
1-unit, detached	70.8%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Lake	Millville
Poverty rate	16.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1981	1966