Bull Run vs Laurel Hill

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

Bull Run and Laurel Hill are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laurel Hill has the higher population (7,551 vs 7,513 in Bull Run). Bull Run has the higher median household income ($238,500 vs $139,803 in Laurel Hill). Bull Run has the higher median home value ($879,000 vs $625,900 in Laurel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
Population	7,513	7,551
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$238,500	$139,803
Median home value	$879,000	$625,900
Median gross rent	$3,072	$2,335
Housing units	2,271	2,937
Homeownership rate	95.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
Population	6,886 → 7,513 (+9.1%)	8,020 → 7,551 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$200,238 → $238,500 (+19.1%)	$117,614 → $139,803 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$679,500 → $879,000 (+29.4%)	$496,600 → $625,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,375 → $3,072 (+29.3%)	$2,294 → $2,335 (+1.8%)

Bull Run

Population

6,8867,513

Median household income

$200,238$238,500

Median home value

$679,500$879,000

Median gross rent

$2,375$3,072

Laurel Hill

Population

8,0207,551

Median household income

$117,614$139,803

Median home value

$496,600$625,900

Median gross rent

$2,294$2,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
Under 5	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	20.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.9%
75 and over	2.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	32.5%
Black or African American	4.7%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	20.5%	20.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	9.5%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
Drove alone	63.3%	56.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.8%	3.7%
Walked	1.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	31.9%
Other means	0.8%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
1-unit, detached	96.7%	38.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bull Run	Laurel Hill
Poverty rate	4.1%	4.3%
Average household size	3.38	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1988	2002