Gibson vs Laurinburg

A side-by-side comparison of Gibson and Laurinburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurinburg has the higher population (15,079 vs 752 in Gibson). Laurinburg has the higher median household income ($39,258 vs $27,649 in Gibson). Laurinburg has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $75,000 in Gibson).

Population, income & housing

	Gibson	Laurinburg
Population	752	15,079
Median age	30.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,649	$39,258
Median home value	$75,000	$121,500
Median gross rent	$752	$766
Housing units	311	6,289
Homeownership rate	33.0%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	23.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibson	Laurinburg
Population	471 → 752 (+59.7%)	15,119 → 15,079 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$26,354 → $27,649 (+4.9%)	$30,862 → $39,258 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $75,000 (+15.4%)	$103,200 → $121,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $752 (+37.5%)	$693 → $766 (+10.5%)

Gibson

Population

471752

Median household income

$26,354$27,649

Median home value

$65,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$547$752

Laurinburg

Population

15,11915,079

Median household income

$30,862$39,258

Median home value

$103,200$121,500

Median gross rent

$693$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibson	Laurinburg
Under 5	14.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	10.2%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibson	Laurinburg
White (non-Hispanic)	24.1%	33.2%
Black or African American	61.8%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.4%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibson	Laurinburg
No high school diploma	21.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	47.7%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibson	Laurinburg
Drove alone	91.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibson	Laurinburg
1-unit, detached	32.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	31.5%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Gibson	Laurinburg
Poverty rate	49.3%	32.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1983	1974