Laurinburg vs Scotch Meadows

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

Laurinburg 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.

Laurinburg has the higher population (15,079 vs 506 in Scotch Meadows). Scotch Meadows has the higher median household income ($110,694 vs $39,258 in Laurinburg). Scotch Meadows has the higher median home value ($233,000 vs $121,500 in Laurinburg).

Population, income & housing

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
Population	15,079	506
Median age	37.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,258	$110,694
Median home value	$121,500	$233,000
Median gross rent	$766	—
Housing units	6,289	161
Homeownership rate	45.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
Population	15,119 → 15,079 (-0.3%)	481 → 506 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$30,862 → $39,258 (+27.2%)	$76,932 → $110,694 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$103,200 → $121,500 (+17.7%)	$181,200 → $233,000 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $766 (+10.5%)	—

Laurinburg

Population

15,11915,079

Median household income

$30,862$39,258

Median home value

$103,200$121,500

Median gross rent

$693$766

Scotch Meadows

Population

481506

Median household income

$76,932$110,694

Median home value

$181,200$233,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
Under 5	6.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.5%
75 and over	7.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	68.4%
Black or African American	48.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	15.8%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	15.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
No high school diploma	16.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
Drove alone	80.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	11.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
1-unit, detached	64.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laurinburg	Scotch Meadows
Poverty rate	32.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.63	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1974	1984