Laurel Hill vs Laurinburg

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

Laurel Hill 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 916 in Laurel Hill). Laurinburg has the higher median household income ($39,258 vs $26,250 in Laurel Hill). Laurinburg has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $90,500 in Laurel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
Population	916	15,079
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$39,258
Median home value	$90,500	$121,500
Median gross rent	$1,066	$766
Housing units	495	6,289
Homeownership rate	58.0%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
Population	1,194 → 916 (-23.3%)	15,119 → 15,079 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$26,161 → $26,250 (+0.3%)	$30,862 → $39,258 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $90,500 (+11.7%)	$103,200 → $121,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $1,066 (+33.8%)	$693 → $766 (+10.5%)

Laurel Hill

Population

1,194916

Median household income

$26,161$26,250

Median home value

$81,000$90,500

Median gross rent

$797$1,066

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)

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
Under 5	3.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	26.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.2%
75 and over	6.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	33.2%
Black or African American	24.7%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.4%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	14.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
No high school diploma	16.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
Drove alone	70.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	28.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
1-unit, detached	59.2%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	40.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Hill	Laurinburg
Poverty rate	40.9%	32.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1980	1974