Fly Creek vs Laurens

A side-by-side comparison of Fly Creek and Laurens: population, income, housing, and more.

Fly Creek and Laurens are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fly Creek has the higher population (205 vs 155 in Laurens). Laurens has the higher median household income ($54,750 vs $40,885 in Fly Creek). Fly Creek has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $125,000 in Laurens).

Population, income & housing

	Fly Creek	Laurens
Population	205	155
Median age	60.5 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,885	$54,750
Median home value	$162,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$916	$850
Housing units	232	117
Homeownership rate	35.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fly Creek	Laurens
Population	333 → 205 (-38.4%)	209 → 155 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$44,231 → $40,885 (-7.6%)	$41,806 → $54,750 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$263,100 → $162,000 (-38.4%)	$113,900 → $125,000 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $916 (+17.0%)	$594 → $850 (+43.1%)

Fly Creek

Population

333205

Median household income

$44,231$40,885

Median home value

$263,100$162,000

Median gross rent

$783$916

Laurens

Population

209155

Median household income

$41,806$54,750

Median home value

$113,900$125,000

Median gross rent

$594$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fly Creek	Laurens
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	23.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	23.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	46.8%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fly Creek	Laurens
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fly Creek	Laurens
No high school diploma	28.7%	21.5%
High school graduate	14.0%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fly Creek	Laurens
Drove alone	100.0%	97.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fly Creek	Laurens
1-unit, detached	71.1%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Fly Creek	Laurens
Poverty rate	10.7%	26.1%
Average household size	1.27	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938