One downside of living in Laurel is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Laurel, the average commute to work is 32.18 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
For a small town, Laurel has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Laurel exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In Laurel, just 6.82% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Laurel in 2022 was $19,301, which is low income relative to Delaware and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,204 for a family of four. However, Laurel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Laurel also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.72% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Laurel is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Laurel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laurel residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Laurel also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.67% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Laurel include German, English, Irish, Haitian, and African.
Laurel also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.77%.
The most common language spoken in Laurel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
