Hoopers Creek vs Laurel Park

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

Hoopers Creek 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 1,623 in Hoopers Creek). Laurel Park has the higher median household income ($89,107 vs $64,792 in Hoopers Creek). Laurel Park has the higher median home value ($393,400 vs $297,300 in Hoopers Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
Population	1,623	2,391
Median age	40.4 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,792	$89,107
Median home value	$297,300	$393,400
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,605
Housing units	736	1,332
Homeownership rate	81.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
Population	1,088 → 1,623 (+49.2%)	2,680 → 2,391 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$54,284 → $64,792 (+19.4%)	$73,598 → $89,107 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$199,900 → $297,300 (+48.7%)	$270,800 → $393,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,117 (+15.4%)	$826 → $1,605 (+94.3%)

Hoopers Creek

Population

1,0881,623

Median household income

$54,284$64,792

Median home value

$199,900$297,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,117

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)

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
Under 5	4.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	17.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	5.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	22.8%
75 and over	6.6%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
No high school diploma	9.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
Drove alone	89.8%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
1-unit, detached	93.8%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hoopers Creek	Laurel Park
Poverty rate	7.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1989	1981