Laurel vs Short Pump

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

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

Short Pump has the higher population (28,177 vs 18,180 in Laurel). Short Pump has the higher median household income ($132,194 vs $69,932 in Laurel). Short Pump has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $272,300 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel	Short Pump
Population	18,180	28,177
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,932	$132,194
Median home value	$272,300	$543,000
Median gross rent	$1,497	$1,804
Housing units	7,600	11,681
Homeownership rate	50.9%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel	Short Pump
Population	17,535 → 18,180 (+3.7%)	28,328 → 28,177 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$59,126 → $69,932 (+18.3%)	$107,321 → $132,194 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$195,900 → $272,300 (+39.0%)	$413,900 → $543,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,497 (+26.0%)	$1,434 → $1,804 (+25.8%)

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

Short Pump

Population

28,32828,177

Median household income

$107,321$132,194

Median home value

$413,900$543,000

Median gross rent

$1,434$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel	Short Pump
Under 5	6.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	21.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.5%
75 and over	4.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel	Short Pump
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	58.1%
Black or African American	30.5%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.7%	26.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel	Short Pump
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel	Short Pump
Drove alone	73.4%	66.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.7%	24.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel	Short Pump
1-unit, detached	50.9%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	21.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Laurel	Short Pump
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1981	1998