Barker Heights vs Laurel Park

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

Barker Heights and Laurel Park are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laurel Park has the higher population (2,391 vs 1,025 in Barker Heights). Laurel Park has the higher median household income ($89,107 vs $28,929 in Barker Heights). Laurel Park has the higher median home value ($393,400 vs $199,700 in Barker Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
Population	1,025	2,391
Median age	45.6 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,929	$89,107
Median home value	$199,700	$393,400
Median gross rent	$790	$1,605
Housing units	538	1,332
Homeownership rate	33.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
Population	1,354 → 1,025 (-24.3%)	2,680 → 2,391 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$29,268 → $28,929 (-1.2%)	$73,598 → $89,107 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $199,700 (+35.9%)	$270,800 → $393,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $790 (+22.1%)	$826 → $1,605 (+94.3%)

Barker Heights

Population

1,3541,025

Median household income

$29,268$28,929

Median home value

$147,000$199,700

Median gross rent

$647$790

Laurel Park

Population

2,6802,391

Median household income

$73,598$89,107

Median home value

$270,800$393,400

Median gross rent

$826$1,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
Under 5	2.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	30.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.3%	22.8%
75 and over	2.3%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	94.1%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	37.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
No high school diploma	33.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.8%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
Drove alone	98.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
1-unit, detached	70.6%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barker Heights	Laurel Park
Poverty rate	41.3%	7.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1964	1981