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West Laurel CDP, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
West Laurel CDP is a Census CDP of 4,428 people across 2.26 square miles of land, in Prince George's County. Median household income is $164,688, 95.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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West Laurel
What West Laurel is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.26 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,958
- County holding the largest share of its areaPrince George's County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Laurel
How many people live in West Laurel
- Population4,428
- Median age41.2
- Population under 181,109 plus or minus 288
- Share under 1825.0 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over710 plus or minus 167
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent
- Households1,487
- Family households1,169
- Share of households that are families78.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Laurel
Income and work in West Laurel
- Median household income$164,688
- Per capita income$65,437
- Civilian labor force2,595
- Employed2,464
- Unemployed131 plus or minus 65
- Unemployment rate5.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over3,124
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher46.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Laurel
Housing in West Laurel
- Housing units1,530
- Occupied units1,487
- Vacant units43 plus or minus 41
- Vacancy rate2.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied1,422
- Renter occupied65 plus or minus 56
- Ownership rate95.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$541,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,071 plus or minus $699
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Single family units1,517
- Share single family99.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13 plus or minus 20
- Share in buildings of two or more0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Laurel
How West Laurel gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,982
- Commuting under 15 minutes116 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting under 15 minutes5.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,175 plus or minus 293
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more59.3 percent
- Drove alone74.6 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home15.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prince George's County, not West Laurel
Prince George's County context, not West Laurel figures
These are Prince George's County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Laurel measurements.
- Establishments in Prince George's County16,350
- Employment at those establishments, Prince George's County276,055
- Covered employment, Prince George's County329,476
- Average annual pay, Prince George's County$73,373
- Average weekly wage, Prince George's County$1,411
- Housing units permitted, Prince George's County1,473
- Of those, single family, Prince George's County1,473
- County product, 2024, Prince George's County$65,163,322,000
- County product change over the prior year, Prince George's County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Prince George's County$60,896
Every figure in this section is published for Prince George's County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Laurel. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Laurel questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Laurel, Maryland?
4,428, in 1,487 households. West Laurel CDP covers 2.26 square miles of land, which is 1,958 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Laurel in?
Prince George's County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Laurel?
$164,688. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $541,000. Median gross rent is $2,071 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page West Laurel figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Prince George's County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Laurel.
Is zoning published for West Laurel?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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