Broadlands vs Ludlow

A side-by-side comparison of Broadlands and Ludlow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ludlow has the higher population (337 vs 288 in Broadlands). Broadlands has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $46,250 in Ludlow). Broadlands has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $74,500 in Ludlow).

Population, income & housing

	Broadlands	Ludlow
Population	288	337
Median age	41.0 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$46,250
Median home value	$114,300	$74,500
Median gross rent	$961	$775
Housing units	112	168
Homeownership rate	76.2%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadlands	Ludlow
Population	362 → 288 (-20.4%)	354 → 337 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $67,917 (+24.0%)	$49,643 → $46,250 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $114,300 (+29.3%)	$51,700 → $74,500 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $961 (+13.1%)	$638 → $775 (+21.5%)

Broadlands

Population

362288

Median household income

$54,792$67,917

Median home value

$88,400$114,300

Median gross rent

$850$961

Ludlow

Population

354337

Median household income

$49,643$46,250

Median home value

$51,700$74,500

Median gross rent

$638$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadlands	Ludlow
Under 5	2.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	13.5%	16.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	5.3%
75 and over	4.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadlands	Ludlow
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadlands	Ludlow
No high school diploma	11.8%	21.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadlands	Ludlow
Drove alone	89.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	10.9%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadlands	Ludlow
1-unit, detached	90.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Broadlands	Ludlow
Poverty rate	14.6%	25.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1957	1950