South Laurel, MD (Maryland) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 20,790, Rural population: 0)

South Laurel, Maryland Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 8,666 (8,318 occupied: 2,847 owner occupied, 5,471 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	66%
State:	32%

Housing density: 2025 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $342,460.

Median contract rent in 2007: $951 (lower quartile is $835, upper quartile is $1,131)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,026

Median gross rent in South Laurel, MD in 2007: $1,089

Housing units in South Laurel with a mortgage: 2,303 (178 second mortgage, 307 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 421

South Laurel,MD index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $410,122 (it was $166,200 in 2000)

South Laurel:	$410,122
Maryland:	$347,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $315,262 - $493,604

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $439,715
Here: $439,715
State: $459,189

Townhouses or other attached units: $333,747
Here: $333,747
State: $274,414

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $267,972
Here: $267,972
State: $280,693

Household type by relationship

Households: 20,544

In family households: 16,819 (3,212 male householders, 1,988 female householders)
3,290 spouses, 6,278 children (5,851 natural, 189 adopted, 238 stepchildren), 271 grandchildren, 354 brothers or sisters, 129 parents, 566 other relatives, 731 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,725 (1,255 male householders (951 living alone)), 1,823 female householders (1,510 living alone)), 647 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 246 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,933 2-persons, 1,388 3-persons, 1,032 4-persons, 500 5-persons, 261 6-persons, 86 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,461 1-person, 565 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 16 4-persons.

2,787 married couples with children.
1,964 single-parent households (342 men, 1,622 women).

80.4% of residents of South Laurel speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
5.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,480 (16.7%)
(41.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.7
State:	6.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in South Laurel, Maryland:
	1 room: 20 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 110 4 rooms: 22 5 rooms: 165 6 rooms: 332 7 rooms: 647 8 rooms: 722 9 or more rooms: 829

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in South Laurel, Maryland:
	1 room: 276 2 rooms: 663 3 rooms: 1,199 4 rooms: 1,269 5 rooms: 1,339 6 rooms: 453 7 rooms: 124 8 rooms: 81 9 or more rooms: 67

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 80
1995 to 1998: 259
1990 to 1994: 816
1980 to 1989: 1,432
1970 to 1979: 3,074
1960 to 1969: 2,452
1950 to 1959: 380
1940 to 1949: 111
1939 or earlier: 62

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in South Laurel:
	no bedroom: 20 1 bedroom: 69 2 bedrooms: 221 3 bedrooms: 962 4 bedrooms: 1,259 5 or more bedrooms: 316

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in South Laurel:
	no bedroom: 286 1 bedroom: 2,282 2 bedrooms: 2,108 3 bedrooms: 704 4 bedrooms: 62 5 or more bedrooms: 29

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in South Laurel in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 44 1 vehicle: 727 2 vehicles: 1,247 3 vehicles: 630 4 vehicles: 128 5 or more vehicles: 71

Cars and other vehicles available in South Laurel in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 540 1 vehicle: 3,333 2 vehicles: 1,277 3 vehicles: 230 4 vehicles: 51 5 or more vehicles: 40

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in South Laurel, MD:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 6
$40,000 to $49,999: 18
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 7
$150,000 to $174,999: 2
$175,000 to $199,999: 17
$200,000 to $249,999: 110
$250,000 to $299,999: 318
$300,000 to $399,999: 802
$400,000 to $499,999: 1161
$500,000 to $749,999: 397
$750,000 to $999,999: 10
$1,000,000 or more: 0

South Laurel rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in South Laurel:

Less than $100: 45 people
$100 to $149: 16
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 6
$350 to $399: 36
$400 to $449: 13
$450 to $499: 10
$500 to $549: 14
$550 to $599: 12
$600 to $649: 18
$650 to $699: 113
$700 to $749: 318
$750 to $799: 425
$800 to $899: 1,050
$900 to $999: 1,145
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,707
$1,250 to $1,499: 361
$1,500 to $1,999: 127
$2,000 or more: 24
No cash rent: 31

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 711 1990 to 1994: 750 1985 to 1989: 859 1980 to 1984: 280 1975 to 1979: 377 1970 to 1974: 270 1970 to 1974: 87 1965 to 1969: 146

South Laurel, MD Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 43.3%
Number of people working at home: 242 (2.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 190
5 to 9 minutes: 630
10 to 14 minutes: 1025
15 to 19 minutes: 1329
20 to 24 minutes: 1274
25 to 29 minutes: 566
30 to 34 minutes: 1685
35 to 39 minutes: 519
40 to 44 minutes: 536
45 to 59 minutes: 1396
60 to 89 minutes: 1176
90 or more minutes: 551

South Laurel mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,247 (74%)
Carpooled: 1,639 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 194 (2%)
Subway or elevated: 478 (4%)
Railroad: 19 (0%)
Taxi: 19 (0%)
Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
Bicycle: 12 (0%)
Walked: 225 (2%)
Other means: 33 (0%)
Worked at home: 242 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 303
$10,000 to $14,999: 304
$15,000 to $19,999: 317
$20,000 to $24,999: 459
$25,000 to $29,999: 650
$30,000 to $34,999: 512
$35,000 to $39,999: 478
$40,000 to $44,999: 508
$45,000 to $49,999: 515
$50,000 to $59,999: 764
$60,000 to $74,999: 1133
$75,000 to $99,999: 1061
$100,000 to $124,999: 662
$125,000 to $149,999: 227
$150,000 to $199,999: 234
$200,000 or more: 151

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 9113

Subsaharan African:: 1529

German: 1135

Irish: 1018

United States or American: 821

English: 681

Nigerian: 661

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 655

Italian: 613

African: 438

Polish: 270

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 222

Jamaican: 210

Ghanian: 186

Scottish: 131

Russian: 127

European: 126

French (except Basque): 124

Scotch-Irish: 116

Brazilian: 113

Welsh: 107

Arab:: 104

Other Subsaharan African: 100

Guyanese: 97

Arab/Arabic: 90

Liberian: 80

Dutch: 68

British: 66

Afghan: 65

West Indian: 61

Haitian: 60

Portuguese: 59

Greek: 50

Lithuanian: 45

Slovak: 43

Barbadian: 39

Ukrainian: 39

Ethiopian: 37

British West Indian: 36

Hungarian: 33

Armenian: 30

U.S. Virgin Islander: 27

Belgian: 25

Iranian: 25

Danish: 25

Austrian: 21

Turkish: 21

Norwegian: 20

Kenyan: 16

Canadian: 15

Croatian: 14

Romanian: 13

Israeli: 13

Sierra Leonean: 11

French Canadian: 11

Slavic: 10

Czech: 10

Finnish: 10

Czechoslovakian: 10

Northern European: 9

Swedish: 8

Lebanese: 7

Syrian: 7

Swiss: 7

Eastern European: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Nigeria (13%)
India (10%)
Korea (7%)
Jamaica (6%)
Trinidad and Tobago (6%)
Chile (5%)
Ghana (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 6290
Northeast: 2940
Midwest: 797
South: 6363
West: 494

39% of South Laurel residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Maryland.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 17
Nursery to 4th grade: 6
5th and 6th grade: 62
7th and 8th grade: 71
9th grade: 79
10th grade: 146
11th grade: 141
12th grade, no diploma: 236
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,414
Less than 1 year of college: 388
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 922
Associate degree: 342
Bachelor's degree: 1,281
Master's degree: 609
Professional school degree: 128
Doctorate degree: 177

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 33
Nursery to 4th grade: 39
5th and 6th grade: 64
7th and 8th grade: 132
9th grade: 113
10th grade: 96
11th grade: 231
12th grade, no diploma: 264
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,661
Less than 1 year of college: 531
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,462
Associate degree: 399
Bachelor's degree: 1,378
Master's degree: 522
Professional school degree: 110
Doctorate degree: 107

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 4.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 4.8%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 19.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 16.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 12.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $68,418
Black householders: $60,246
Asian householders: $89,645
Some other race householders: $37,100
Two or more races householders: $50,717
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $55,180

South Laurel household income for White non-Hispanic householders

South Laurel household income for Black householders

South Laurel household income for Asian householders

South Laurel household income for Some other race householders

South Laurel household income for Two or more races householders

South Laurel household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

South Laurel marital status for males

South Laurel marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $416,044
Black or African American householders: $410,615
Asian householders: $380,016
Some other race householders: $277,609
Hispanic or Latino householders: $383,964

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,230
One, attached: 1,216
Two: 30
3 or 4: 181
5 to 9: 1,701
10 to 19: 2,736
20 to 49: 100
50 or more: 472

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in South Laurel:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (57%) Electricity (38%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (67%) Electricity (31%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 319

Here:	12.2%
Maryland:	14.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 129

Here:	13.6%
Maryland:	13.3%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 431

Here:	34.9%
Maryland:	21.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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