Horse Pasture vs Laurel Park

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

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

Horse Pasture has the higher population (2,193 vs 843 in Laurel Park). Horse Pasture has the higher median household income ($57,637 vs $38,621 in Laurel Park). Laurel Park has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $119,200 in Horse Pasture).

Population, income & housing

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
Population	2,193	843
Median age	54.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,637	$38,621
Median home value	$119,200	$139,500
Median gross rent	$890	—
Housing units	922	403
Homeownership rate	81.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
Population	2,080 → 2,193 (+5.4%)	841 → 843 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$32,388 → $57,637 (+78.0%)	$46,293 → $38,621 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $119,200 (+31.3%)	$110,800 → $139,500 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $890 (+45.4%)	$722 → $776 (+7.5%)

Horse Pasture

Population

2,0802,193

Median household income

$32,388$57,637

Median home value

$90,800$119,200

Median gross rent

$612$890

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)

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	30.7%
18 to 24	1.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	16.1%
75 and over	17.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	3.6%
Black or African American	31.2%	51.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	30.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
Drove alone	90.7%	43.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	39.7%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
1-unit, detached	76.7%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Horse Pasture	Laurel Park
Poverty rate	20.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1970	1978