Ludlow vs Park Hills

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

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

Ludlow has the higher population (4,378 vs 3,155 in Park Hills). Park Hills has the higher median household income ($102,112 vs $58,295 in Ludlow). Park Hills has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $154,700 in Ludlow).

Population, income & housing

	Ludlow	Park Hills
Population	4,378	3,155
Median age	37.7 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,295	$102,112
Median home value	$154,700	$274,200
Median gross rent	$1,115	$900
Housing units	2,240	1,505
Homeownership rate	74.7%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludlow	Park Hills
Population	4,530 → 4,378 (-3.4%)	2,987 → 3,155 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$56,393 → $58,295 (+3.4%)	$50,000 → $102,112 (+104.2%)
Median home value	$112,000 → $154,700 (+38.1%)	$198,900 → $274,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,115 (+19.8%)	$768 → $900 (+17.2%)

Ludlow

Population

4,5304,378

Median household income

$56,393$58,295

Median home value

$112,000$154,700

Median gross rent

$931$1,115

Park Hills

Population

2,9873,155

Median household income

$50,000$102,112

Median home value

$198,900$274,200

Median gross rent

$768$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ludlow	Park Hills
Under 5	7.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	6.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.0%
75 and over	10.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludlow	Park Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludlow	Park Hills
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludlow	Park Hills
Drove alone	79.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	25.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludlow	Park Hills
1-unit, detached	60.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	18.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ludlow	Park Hills
Poverty rate	25.8%	15.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1938	1950