East Highland Park vs Laurel

A side-by-side comparison of East Highland Park and Laurel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurel has the higher population (18,180 vs 16,071 in East Highland Park). Laurel has the higher median household income ($69,932 vs $69,750 in East Highland Park). Laurel has the higher median home value ($272,300 vs $210,500 in East Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	East Highland Park	Laurel
Population	16,071	18,180
Median age	41.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$69,932
Median home value	$210,500	$272,300
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,497
Housing units	6,955	7,600
Homeownership rate	67.0%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Highland Park	Laurel
Population	15,498 → 16,071 (+3.7%)	17,535 → 18,180 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$52,286 → $69,750 (+33.4%)	$59,126 → $69,932 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $210,500 (+39.7%)	$195,900 → $272,300 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,238 (+17.6%)	$1,188 → $1,497 (+26.0%)

East Highland Park

Population

15,49816,071

Median household income

$52,286$69,750

Median home value

$150,700$210,500

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,238

Laurel

Population

17,53518,180

Median household income

$59,126$69,932

Median home value

$195,900$272,300

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,497

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Highland Park	Laurel
Under 5	6.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	21.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.3%
75 and over	5.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Highland Park	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	7.9%	43.0%
Black or African American	87.2%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Highland Park	Laurel
No high school diploma	7.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Highland Park	Laurel
Drove alone	73.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.3%
Public transit	1.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	13.7%
Other means	0.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Highland Park	Laurel
1-unit, detached	76.7%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	21.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	East Highland Park	Laurel
Poverty rate	12.1%	7.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1977	1981