Laurel Hill vs Scotch Meadows

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

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

Laurel Hill has the higher population (916 vs 506 in Scotch Meadows). Scotch Meadows has the higher median household income ($110,694 vs $26,250 in Laurel Hill). Scotch Meadows has the higher median home value ($233,000 vs $90,500 in Laurel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
Population	916	506
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$110,694
Median home value	$90,500	$233,000
Median gross rent	$1,066	—
Housing units	495	161
Homeownership rate	58.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
Population	1,194 → 916 (-23.3%)	481 → 506 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$26,161 → $26,250 (+0.3%)	$76,932 → $110,694 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $90,500 (+11.7%)	$181,200 → $233,000 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $1,066 (+33.8%)	—

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

Scotch Meadows

Population

481506

Median household income

$76,932$110,694

Median home value

$181,200$233,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
Under 5	3.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	26.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.5%
75 and over	6.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	68.4%
Black or African American	24.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.4%	15.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.3%	15.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
No high school diploma	16.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
Drove alone	70.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	28.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
1-unit, detached	59.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Hill	Scotch Meadows
Poverty rate	40.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.63	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1980	1984