Laurel Park, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,408
US Senator
Thom Tillis
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Budd
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
56.9
1.73% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
5.51%
21.2% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$90,000
1% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$433,100
10.1% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
969
5.79% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Laurel Park, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.9% of the residents in Laurel Park, NC are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Laurel Park, NC was $433,100, and the homeownership rate was 86.5%.

Most people in Laurel Park, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Laurel Park, NC was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNorth CarolinaHenderson County, NCAsheville, NCHenderson & Transylvania Counties PUMA, NC

Population & Diversity

Laurel Park, NC is home to a population of 2.41k people, from which 98.9% are citizens. As of 2024, 4.57% of Laurel Park, NC residents were born outside of the country (110 people).

In 2024, there were 43 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.24k people) in Laurel Park, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 52 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 36 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.9%
2024 Citizenship
99.2%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98.9% of Laurel Park, NC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Laurel Park, NC was 99.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Laurel Park, NC
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.24k ± 324
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    52 ± 63
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    36 ± 31
2.08%
Hispanic Population
50 people

In 2024, there were 43 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.24k people) in Laurel Park, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 52 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 36 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

2.08% of the people in Laurel Park, NC are hispanic (50 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Laurel Park, NC as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for North Carolina.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    224,963 ± 11,520 people
  2. India
    83,219 ± 7,055 people
  3. Honduras
    48,247 ± 5,380 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of 224,963 North Carolina residents, followed by India with 83,219 and Honduras with 48,247.

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Foreign-Born Population

4.57%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
110 people
3.85%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
92 people

As of 2024, 4.57% of Laurel Park, NC residents (110 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Laurel Park, NC was 3.85%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    109 ± 52
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    24 ± 30
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    10 ± 18

Laurel Park, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 4.54 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Laurel Park, NC employs 969 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Laurel Park, NC were Health Care & Social Assistance (136 people), Manufacturing (127 people), and Educational Services (112 people), and the highest paying industries were Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($125,208), Construction ($116,023), and Public Administration ($110,938).

Employment

Occupations

969
2024 Value
± 197
5.79%
1 Year growth
± 26.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Laurel Park, NC grew at a rate of 5.79%, from 916 employees to 969 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Laurel Park, NC, are Management Occupations (109 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (98 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (93 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Laurel Park, NC.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

969
2024 Value
± 197
5.79%
1 Year growth
± 26.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Laurel Park, NC grew at a rate of 5.79%, from 916 employees to 969 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Laurel Park, NC, are Health Care & Social Assistance (136 people), Manufacturing (127 people), and Educational Services (112 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Laurel Park, NC, though some of these residents may live in Laurel Park, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$53,125
Median earning men ± $6,078
$46,509
Median earning women ± $4,753

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($116,023), Public Administration ($111,875), and Information ($98,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($100,481), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($72,589), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($56,944).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.
Y-Axis
3.04%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Laurel Park, NC was $433,100 in 2024, which is 1.3 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $393,400 to $433,100, a 10.1% increase. The homeownership rate in Laurel Park, NC is 86.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Laurel Park, NC have an average commute time of 23.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Laurel Park, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$433,100
Median Property Value 2024
±$42,550
$912
Median Property Taxes
±$142

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Laurel Park, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Laurel Park, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

86.5%
Homeownership
2024
60.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 86.5% of the housing units in Laurel Park, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 89.9%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$90,000
Median Household Income
± $17,731
1.05k
Number of Households
± 162

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.05k households in Laurel Park, NC grew to $90,000 from the previous year's value of $89,107.

The following chart displays the households in Laurel Park, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Laurel Park, NC is from North Carolina.
0.467
2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina
0.47
2022 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2023, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.467 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.639% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (75.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (14.9%)
  3. Carpooled (8.39%)

In 2024, 75.3% of workers in Laurel Park, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (14.9%) and those who carpooled to work (8.39%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

23.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Laurel Park, NC have a shorter commute time (23.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.67% of the workforce in Laurel Park, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Laurel Park, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Laurel Park, NC have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.51% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Laurel Park, NC (127 out of 2.3k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Laurel Park, NC is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

97.2% of the population of Laurel Park, NC has health coverage, with 45.1% on employee plans, 6.6% on Medicaid, 24.9% on Medicare, 20.5% on non-group plans, and 0.217% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in North Carolina see 1,413 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,413 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1634 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 16.2% under 18 years, 11.4% between 18 and 34 years, 34.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 38.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Uninsured People

2.78%
Uninsured
45.1%
Employer Coverage
6.6%
Medicaid
24.9%
Medicare
20.5%
Non-Group
0.217%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Laurel Park, NC declined by 19.6% from 3.46% to 2.78%.

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