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Laurel Park, NC

2,408 Population
2.8 square miles 855.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.9 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 44 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,551 ±$9,145 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $42,135 ±$973
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,000 ±$17,731 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $71,838 ±$1,824
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±3.5% (127  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 47,729 (±0.8% / ±3,067)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±8.8 (18,990  ±9,664) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 22.1 3,608,760 (±0.3 / ±87,145)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,054 ±135 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,264 ±2,288
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,298  ±335) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 404,985 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,296 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 203,883 ±120
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$433,100 ±$42,550 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $370,900 ±$5,777
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±3.7% (199  ±92.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 44,085 (±0.6% / ±2,476.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.7% ±16.4% (1,925  ±217.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 92.2% 285,610 (±1.5% / ±4,557.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
63.3% ±2.8% (1,235  ±160.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 42.5% 131,662 (±1% / ±3,117.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.6% ±2.2% (110  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,629
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.4% (171  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.8% 23,216 (±0.4% / ±1,226)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
171 Total veterans ±56 147 Male ±47 24 Female ±31

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