Laurel vs Orient

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

Laurel and Orient 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 1,152 in Orient). Laurel has the higher median household income ($126,776 vs $88,293 in Orient). Orient has the higher median home value ($923,500 vs $818,600 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel	Orient
Population	1,340	1,152
Median age	51.5 yrs	63.9 yrs
Median household income	$126,776	$88,293
Median home value	$818,600	$923,500
Housing units	836	1,095
Homeownership rate	82.4%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel	Orient
Population	970 → 1,340 (+38.1%)	835 → 1,152 (+38.0%)
Median household income	$100,383 → $126,776 (+26.3%)	$70,000 → $88,293 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$562,800 → $818,600 (+45.5%)	$813,700 → $923,500 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,768 → $2,469 (+39.6%)

Laurel

Population

9701,340

Median household income

$100,383$126,776

Median home value

$562,800$818,600

Orient

Population

8351,152

Median household income

$70,000$88,293

Median home value

$813,700$923,500

Median gross rent

$1,768$2,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel	Orient
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	6.7%	2.1%
18 to 24	13.6%	1.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	31.5%	25.7%
65 to 74	3.1%	28.3%
75 and over	12.1%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel	Orient
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	14.5%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel	Orient
Drove alone	63.7%	55.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.8%
Public transit	2.4%	6.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	31.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel	Orient
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
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

	Laurel	Orient
Poverty rate	17.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.55	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1974	1968