What is the population of Laurel city?

Laurel city has 29,594 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Laurel city?

Median household income in Laurel city is $94,063 a year, 19.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Laurel city?

Median gross rent is $1,878 a month and the median home value is $367,300, so rent absorbs about 24% of median household income.

Is Laurel city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Laurel city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Laurel, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Laurel, Maryland (Laurel, MD — Census place “Laurel city”) is 29,594 residents, ranking #44 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $94,063, the median home is worth $367,300 and median gross rent runs $1,878 a month. Looking for the Laurel Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Laurel, MD: 20707.

Population: 29,594Laurel city residents
Median household income: $94,063Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $367,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,878Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 43.9%Owner-occupied households

Laurel ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Laurel.

The Laurel MD ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

20707

What the numbers mean in Laurel city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Laurel city median would spend about 24% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.1% of residents and 43.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Laurel city, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Laurel city is a small city in Maryland, with 29,594 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #44 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 36.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Laurel city earn a median of $94,063 a year, 19.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 9.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Laurel city is valued at $367,300, 21.1% above the national figure and 8% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,878 a month, 33.6% above the national figure, or roughly $22,536 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 43.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Laurel city?: Laurel city has 29,594 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Laurel city?: Median household income in Laurel city is $94,063 a year, 19.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Laurel city?: Median gross rent is $1,878 a month and the median home value is $367,300, so rent absorbs about 24% of median household income.
Is Laurel city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Laurel city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Laurel city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.