Ladd vs Walnut

A side-by-side comparison of Ladd and Walnut: population, income, housing, and more.

Ladd and Walnut are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walnut has the higher population (1,402 vs 1,393 in Ladd). Ladd has the higher median household income ($73,646 vs $62,019 in Walnut). Ladd has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $94,700 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Ladd	Walnut
Population	1,393	1,402
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,646	$62,019
Median home value	$123,600	$94,700
Median gross rent	$847	$591
Housing units	617	620
Homeownership rate	78.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladd	Walnut
Population	1,211 → 1,393 (+15.0%)	1,370 → 1,402 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$64,318 → $73,646 (+14.5%)	$53,750 → $62,019 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $123,600 (+20.0%)	$95,500 → $94,700 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $847 (+11.9%)	$611 → $591 (-3.3%)

Ladd

Population

1,2111,393

Median household income

$64,318$73,646

Median home value

$103,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$757$847

Walnut

Population

1,3701,402

Median household income

$53,750$62,019

Median home value

$95,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$611$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladd	Walnut
Under 5	7.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	18.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.5%
75 and over	5.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladd	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladd	Walnut
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladd	Walnut
Drove alone	90.6%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladd	Walnut
1-unit, detached	88.5%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ladd	Walnut
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1953	1961