Laurel Park vs Valley Hill

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

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

Valley Hill has the higher population (2,540 vs 2,391 in Laurel Park). Laurel Park has the higher median household income ($89,107 vs $87,250 in Valley Hill). Laurel Park has the higher median home value ($393,400 vs $296,500 in Valley Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
Population	2,391	2,540
Median age	57.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,107	$87,250
Median home value	$393,400	$296,500
Median gross rent	$1,605	—
Housing units	1,332	1,132
Homeownership rate	89.9%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.8%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
Population	2,680 → 2,391 (-10.8%)	1,927 → 2,540 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$73,598 → $89,107 (+21.1%)	$66,659 → $87,250 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$270,800 → $393,400 (+45.3%)	$261,700 → $296,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $1,605 (+94.3%)	—

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

Valley Hill

Population

1,9272,540

Median household income

$66,659$87,250

Median home value

$261,700$296,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
Under 5	1.6%	12.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	8.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	5.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	21.0%
65 to 74	22.8%	12.3%
75 and over	19.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	12.4%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
Drove alone	83.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	12.2%
Other means	0.8%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
1-unit, detached	63.6%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Park	Valley Hill
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1981	1984