Save town Compare Needs More Love
Town guide

Laurel

A city of 1,018 people in Nebraska
Be the first to joinEarn karma for joining →
1

Now in Laurel

What’s happening this week

All posts →
From your neighbors

What’s happening

A preview of what neighbors share. Be the first to post in Laurel.

Weather

Forecast →
Coming up

Upcoming events

Nothing on the calendar yet

Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.

Add an event →
Around town

Local news

All news →

Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.

2

Around town

The places and views that make it Laurel

Explore places →

Outdoors in Laurel

Parks & trails →
Conserved land0%none recorded
Trails0.2 mi0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves2named on the map

Know a trail or park that’s missing? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

3

Know Laurel

The town at a glance, and the guide to how things work

Open the full guide →

About Laurel

City in Nebraska, United States
1892Established
972Population
1 sq miArea
1,476 ftElevation

Laurel is a city in Cedar County, Nebraska located at the merger of Highway 20 and Highway 15 in the northeast corner of the state. Laurel sits roughly 40 miles east of Norfolk, Nebraska, west of Sioux City, Iowa, and south of Yankton, South Dakota. Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska is 15 miles south of Laurel. Its population was 975 at the 2020 census.

Official town website ↗

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Town numbers

ZIP code68745
Area code402
Living in Laurel

Housing in Laurel

$217K▲ 8.3% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Laurel home is worth about $217,000, up 8.3% in a year, 23% below the Nebraska typical home.

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →

Safety in Laurel

—

Not graded

Laurel has fewer than 1,000 residents. At that size one or two incidents swing the numbers so much that a grade wouldn't be fair, so we show the counts instead.

Violent0
Property0
Reported in 20240
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to policeCrime & safety →

Schools in Laurel

All Laurel schools →
C+

School Grade C+

The public schools Laurel’s kids attend trail 65% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DistrictLAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE SCHOOLSchools2

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within NE. Ratings are from neighbors.

Famous people from LaurelWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Laurel.Meet them →

How things work in Laurel

All explainers →
You’re browsing

Laurel

Nebraska · NE
View town boundary →
Township / city / CDP overlaps possible.
Loading boundary…

Laurel is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01