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Laurel, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Laurel, MD: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 102,149. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LAUREL-MD · Laurel, MD 4 ZIPs · 102,149 pop · #2878/25278 · Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County and Howard County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $111,825
  • RANK-TOP #2878/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Fort Washington
  • BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
  • OWN-LOW 55% owners
  • POP-MID 102,149
  • SPREAD-MOD 20708→20723
  • HOME-HIGH $456,600

Nearest income peer: Fort Washington, MD (+ $12,365 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Laurel

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Laurel on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Laurel, MD sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
102,149
city population (Census)
4
USPS ZIP codes covered
$111,825
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $111,825 and home value $456,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 47.0%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (55.1%) for this income tier, rent $2,056 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Maryland, Gaithersburg is the closest lower-income city and Catonsville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 5 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Laurel.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Laurel differ

Income is the clearest internal divide in Laurel. ZIP 20708 reports $83,367 in median household income, while ZIP 20723 reports $138,113. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.7×

20708 to 20723

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.2×

20707 to 20723

Poverty-rate spread
9.3 points

20723 to 20708

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Laurel residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Laurel: the largest, 20707, is only about 31% of 102,149 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Laurel

Citywide ZBP: 2,274 establishments, 48,285 employees , annual payroll $3,654,353k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20707 (1,170 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (321) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Laurel, MD

These ZIP codes straddle Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County and Howard County, so county-level figures split Laurel between several administrative records. See the Prince George's County roll-up →

Laurel lands mid-pack among the 11 cities sharing Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County and Howard County: Bowie, Columbia and Annapolis earn more and Hyattsville, Glen Burnie and District Heights earn less. Ellicott City marks the far end of that range at $169,093, 51% above Laurel.

Side-by-side: Compare 20707 vs 20723 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
20707 31,538 $107,706 1,170 1,093
20723 28,972 $138,113 569 852
20708 25,546 $83,367 279 707
20724 16,093 $118,115 256 775
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Laurel roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Laurel, .