Laurel Hill vs North Springfield

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

Laurel Hill and North Springfield 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 7,511 in North Springfield). Laurel Hill has the higher median household income ($139,803 vs $124,118 in North Springfield). North Springfield has the higher median home value ($630,300 vs $625,900 in Laurel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
Population	7,551	7,511
Median age	40.0 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$139,803	$124,118
Median home value	$625,900	$630,300
Median gross rent	$2,335	$2,272
Housing units	2,937	2,416
Homeownership rate	78.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.9%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
Population	8,020 → 7,551 (-5.8%)	7,303 → 7,511 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$117,614 → $139,803 (+18.9%)	$112,898 → $124,118 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$496,600 → $625,900 (+26.0%)	$474,300 → $630,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,294 → $2,335 (+1.8%)	$2,008 → $2,272 (+13.1%)

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

North Springfield

Population

7,3037,511

Median household income

$112,898$124,118

Median home value

$474,300$630,300

Median gross rent

$2,008$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
Under 5	7.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	20.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.1%
75 and over	4.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	34.3%
Black or African American	27.9%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.7%	37.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
No high school diploma	3.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	10.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
Drove alone	56.8%	59.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	16.0%
Public transit	3.7%	6.1%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.9%	16.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
1-unit, detached	38.0%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	23.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Hill	North Springfield
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.75	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	2002	1958