Greenbriar vs Laurel Hill

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

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

Greenbriar has the higher population (7,989 vs 7,551 in Laurel Hill). Laurel Hill has the higher median household income ($139,803 vs $134,284 in Greenbriar). Greenbriar has the higher median home value ($627,600 vs $625,900 in Laurel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
Population	7,989	7,551
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$134,284	$139,803
Median home value	$627,600	$625,900
Median gross rent	$2,167	$2,335
Housing units	3,003	2,937
Homeownership rate	65.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
Population	8,686 → 7,989 (-8.0%)	8,020 → 7,551 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$101,494 → $134,284 (+32.3%)	$117,614 → $139,803 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$519,800 → $627,600 (+20.7%)	$496,600 → $625,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,980 → $2,167 (+9.4%)	$2,294 → $2,335 (+1.8%)

Greenbriar

Population

8,6867,989

Median household income

$101,494$134,284

Median home value

$519,800$627,600

Median gross rent

$1,980$2,167

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)

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
Under 5	5.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	20.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.9%
75 and over	6.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	32.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	23.2%	20.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	13.3%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
Drove alone	65.5%	56.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.8%
Public transit	4.7%	3.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	31.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
1-unit, detached	57.4%	38.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	26.5%	18.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenbriar	Laurel Hill
Poverty rate	4.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1977	2002