Laurel Lake vs West Park

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

Laurel Lake and West Park 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 1,521 in West Park). West Park has the higher median household income ($73,397 vs $51,633 in Laurel Lake). West Park has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $138,100 in Laurel Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Lake	West Park
Population	2,514	1,521
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,633	$73,397
Median home value	$138,100	$224,000
Median gross rent	$1,171	$1,282
Housing units	1,128	712
Homeownership rate	78.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Lake	West Park
Population	3,325 → 2,514 (-24.4%)	1,566 → 1,521 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,615 → $51,633 (+18.4%)	$64,868 → $73,397 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$105,500 → $138,100 (+30.9%)	$152,900 → $224,000 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,171 (-3.3%)	$803 → $1,282 (+59.7%)

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

West Park

Population

1,5661,521

Median household income

$64,868$73,397

Median home value

$152,900$224,000

Median gross rent

$803$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Lake	West Park
Under 5	10.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	6.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.8%
75 and over	8.2%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Lake	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	57.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Lake	West Park
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	48.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Lake	West Park
Drove alone	84.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Lake	West Park
1-unit, detached	70.8%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Lake	West Park
Poverty rate	16.9%	17.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1981	1963