Ludlow vs Pesotum

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

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

Pesotum has the higher population (538 vs 337 in Ludlow). Pesotum has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $46,250 in Ludlow). Pesotum has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $74,500 in Ludlow).

Population, income & housing

	Ludlow	Pesotum
Population	337	538
Median age	29.1 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$76,875
Median home value	$74,500	$160,800
Median gross rent	$775	$1,500
Housing units	168	246
Homeownership rate	57.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludlow	Pesotum
Population	354 → 337 (-4.8%)	508 → 538 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $46,250 (-6.8%)	$74,861 → $76,875 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $74,500 (+44.1%)	$115,700 → $160,800 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $775 (+21.5%)	$825 → $1,500 (+81.8%)

Ludlow

Population

354337

Median household income

$49,643$46,250

Median home value

$51,700$74,500

Median gross rent

$638$775

Pesotum

Population

508538

Median household income

$74,861$76,875

Median home value

$115,700$160,800

Median gross rent

$825$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ludlow	Pesotum
Under 5	9.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	16.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	21.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.3%
75 and over	2.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludlow	Pesotum
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludlow	Pesotum
No high school diploma	21.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludlow	Pesotum
Drove alone	77.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludlow	Pesotum
1-unit, detached	76.2%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ludlow	Pesotum
Poverty rate	25.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1950	1962