Fieldale vs Laurel Park

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

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

Laurel Park has the higher population (843 vs 797 in Fieldale). Fieldale has the higher median household income ($43,450 vs $38,621 in Laurel Park). Laurel Park has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $65,000 in Fieldale).

Population, income & housing

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
Population	797	843
Median age	33.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,450	$38,621
Median home value	$65,000	$139,500
Median gross rent	$782	—
Housing units	438	403
Homeownership rate	78.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
Population	907 → 797 (-12.1%)	841 → 843 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$25,714 → $43,450 (+69.0%)	$46,293 → $38,621 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $65,000 (-21.5%)	$110,800 → $139,500 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $782 (+12.8%)	$722 → $776 (+7.5%)

Fieldale

Population

907797

Median household income

$25,714$43,450

Median home value

$82,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$693$782

Laurel Park

Population

841843

Median household income

$46,293$38,621

Median home value

$110,800$139,500

Median gross rent

$722$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	30.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	5.1%	16.1%
75 and over	7.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	3.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	51.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
No high school diploma	16.5%	30.1%
High school graduate	50.2%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
Drove alone	83.7%	43.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	39.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
1-unit, detached	100.0%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Fieldale	Laurel Park
Poverty rate	36.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	1944	1978