Laurel vs Wyndham

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

Laurel and Wyndham 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 12,084 in Wyndham). Wyndham has the higher median household income ($235,886 vs $69,932 in Laurel). Wyndham has the higher median home value ($673,200 vs $272,300 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel	Wyndham
Population	18,180	12,084
Median age	34.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,932	$235,886
Median home value	$272,300	$673,200
Median gross rent	$1,497	$2,076
Housing units	7,600	4,118
Homeownership rate	50.9%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	84.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel	Wyndham
Population	17,535 → 18,180 (+3.7%)	10,578 → 12,084 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$59,126 → $69,932 (+18.3%)	$182,803 → $235,886 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$195,900 → $272,300 (+39.0%)	$493,200 → $673,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,497 (+26.0%)	$1,696 → $2,076 (+22.4%)

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

Wyndham

Population

10,57812,084

Median household income

$182,803$235,886

Median home value

$493,200$673,200

Median gross rent

$1,696$2,076

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel	Wyndham
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	21.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.4%
75 and over	4.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel	Wyndham
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	54.1%
Black or African American	30.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	33.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel	Wyndham
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	30.8%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel	Wyndham
Drove alone	73.4%	59.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	34.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel	Wyndham
1-unit, detached	50.9%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laurel	Wyndham
Poverty rate	7.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.41	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1981	2001