Jamesport vs Laurel

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

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

Jamesport has the higher population (1,538 vs 1,340 in Laurel). Laurel has the higher median household income ($126,776 vs $105,282 in Jamesport). Laurel has the higher median home value ($818,600 vs $651,900 in Jamesport).

Population, income & housing

	Jamesport	Laurel
Population	1,538	1,340
Median age	61.6 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,282	$126,776
Median home value	$651,900	$818,600
Housing units	1,225	836
Homeownership rate	95.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamesport	Laurel
Population	971 → 1,538 (+58.4%)	970 → 1,340 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$99,167 → $105,282 (+6.2%)	$100,383 → $126,776 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$549,200 → $651,900 (+18.7%)	$562,800 → $818,600 (+45.5%)

Jamesport

Population

9711,538

Median household income

$99,167$105,282

Median home value

$549,200$651,900

Laurel

Population

9701,340

Median household income

$100,383$126,776

Median home value

$562,800$818,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamesport	Laurel
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	6.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.3%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	31.5%
65 to 74	28.9%	3.1%
75 and over	17.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamesport	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamesport	Laurel
No high school diploma	1.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	19.9%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamesport	Laurel
Drove alone	60.0%	63.7%
Carpooled	15.0%	0.0%
Public transit	12.7%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	32.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamesport	Laurel
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamesport	Laurel
Poverty rate	4.1%	17.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1966	1974