East Hampton vs Laurel

A side-by-side comparison of East Hampton and Laurel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurel has the higher population (1,340 vs 1,277 in East Hampton). Laurel has the higher median household income ($126,776 vs $114,375 in East Hampton). East Hampton has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $818,600 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	East Hampton	Laurel
Population	1,277	1,340
Median age	57.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,375	$126,776
Median home value	$2,000,001	$818,600
Median gross rent	$2,500	—
Housing units	1,840	836
Homeownership rate	74.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.5%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Hampton	Laurel
Population	869 → 1,277 (+47.0%)	970 → 1,340 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$109,250 → $114,375 (+4.7%)	$100,383 → $126,776 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$562,800 → $818,600 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,056 → $2,500 (+21.6%)	—

East Hampton

Population

8691,277

Median household income

$109,250$114,375

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,056$2,500

Laurel

Population

9701,340

Median household income

$100,383$126,776

Median home value

$562,800$818,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Hampton	Laurel
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	6.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	13.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	18.9%	31.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	3.1%
75 and over	18.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Hampton	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Hampton	Laurel
No high school diploma	6.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	9.7%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.4%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Hampton	Laurel
Drove alone	50.5%	63.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	9.7%	2.4%
Walked	12.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	32.6%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Hampton	Laurel
1-unit, detached	92.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Hampton	Laurel
Poverty rate	6.9%	17.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1962	1974