Horse Shoe vs Laurel Park

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

Horse Shoe 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 1,699 in Horse Shoe). Laurel Park has the higher median household income ($89,107 vs $67,703 in Horse Shoe). Horse Shoe has the higher median home value ($396,400 vs $393,400 in Laurel Park).

Population, income & housing

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
Population	1,699	2,391
Median age	53.1 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,703	$89,107
Median home value	$396,400	$393,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,605
Housing units	814	1,332
Homeownership rate	87.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
Population	2,368 → 1,699 (-28.3%)	2,680 → 2,391 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$73,843 → $67,703 (-8.3%)	$73,598 → $89,107 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $396,400 (+53.6%)	$270,800 → $393,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,075 (+25.0%)	$826 → $1,605 (+94.3%)

Horse Shoe

Population

2,3681,699

Median household income

$73,843$67,703

Median home value

$258,000$396,400

Median gross rent

$860$1,075

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)

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
Under 5	3.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	20.4%	22.8%
75 and over	13.5%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	1.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	9.4%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
Drove alone	70.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.2%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
1-unit, detached	88.6%	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	11.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Horse Shoe	Laurel Park
Poverty rate	9.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1985	1981