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Laurel city, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.
Laurel city is a Census city of 1,018 people across 1.33 square miles of land, in Cedar County. Median household income is $58,519, 66.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $600,000.
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Laurel
What Laurel is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.33 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land768
- County holding the largest share of its areaCedar 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.
Laurel
How many people live in Laurel
- Population1,018
- Median age38.5 plus or minus 10.7
- Population under 18212 plus or minus 50
- Share under 1820.8 percent
- Population 65 and over177 plus or minus 45
- Share 65 and over17.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households456
- Family households302
- Share of households that are families66.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurel
Income and work in Laurel
- Median household income$58,519
- Per capita income$35,716
- Civilian labor force621
- Employed603
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over666
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.3 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.4 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurel
Housing in Laurel
- Housing units505
- Occupied units456
- Vacant units49 plus or minus 28
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied303
- Renter occupied153 plus or minus 55
- Ownership rate66.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$164,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$815
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Single family units458
- Share single family90.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more44 plus or minus 36
- Share in buildings of two or more8.7 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurel
How Laurel gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute558
- Commuting under 15 minutes293 plus or minus 68
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more165 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Drove alone82.8 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home5.9 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurel
SBA 7(a) lending to Laurel borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$600,000
- Average approval$300,000
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval9.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term180 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Laurel
SBA 504 lending to Laurel borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$87,000
- Average approval$87,000
- Median approval$87,000
- Largest approval$87,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cedar County, not Laurel
Cedar County context, not Laurel figures
These are Cedar County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Laurel measurements.
- Establishments in Cedar County288
- Employment at those establishments, Cedar County1,873
- Covered employment, Cedar County2,789
- Average annual pay, Cedar County$44,563
- Average weekly wage, Cedar County$857
- Housing units permitted, Cedar County11
- Of those, single family, Cedar County11
- County product, 2024, Cedar County$562,212,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cedar County-9.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cedar County$49,286
Every figure in this section is published for Cedar County as a whole and is not a measurement of 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.
- 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
Laurel questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Laurel, Nebraska?
1,018, in 456 households. Laurel city covers 1.33 square miles of land, which is 768 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Laurel in?
Cedar 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 Laurel?
$58,519. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $164,200. Median gross rent is $815 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Laurel businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $600,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $87,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Laurel, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Laurel borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Laurel. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Laurel figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cedar 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 Laurel.
Is zoning published for Laurel?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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