Lakeside vs Laurel

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

Lakeside 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 12,845 in Lakeside). Laurel has the higher median household income ($69,932 vs $69,695 in Lakeside). Laurel has the higher median home value ($272,300 vs $271,400 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Laurel
Population	12,845	18,180
Median age	35.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,695	$69,932
Median home value	$271,400	$272,300
Median gross rent	$1,330	$1,497
Housing units	5,824	7,600
Homeownership rate	62.2%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Laurel
Population	12,374 → 12,845 (+3.8%)	17,535 → 18,180 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$56,131 → $69,695 (+24.2%)	$59,126 → $69,932 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$186,100 → $271,400 (+45.8%)	$195,900 → $272,300 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,330 (+31.4%)	$1,188 → $1,497 (+26.0%)

Lakeside

Population

12,37412,845

Median household income

$56,131$69,695

Median home value

$186,100$271,400

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,330

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)

	Lakeside	Laurel
Under 5	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	20.7%	21.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.3%
75 and over	4.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	43.0%
Black or African American	18.9%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.5%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Laurel
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	23.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Laurel
Drove alone	72.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Laurel
1-unit, detached	74.3%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	21.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Laurel
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1954	1981