Laddonia vs Vandalia

A side-by-side comparison of Laddonia and Vandalia: population, income, housing, and more.

Laddonia and Vandalia are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vandalia has the higher population (3,260 vs 592 in Laddonia). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($58,649 vs $49,583 in Laddonia). Laddonia has the higher median home value ($78,300 vs $75,600 in Vandalia).

Population, income & housing

	Laddonia	Vandalia
Population	592	3,260
Median age	46.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$58,649
Median home value	$78,300	$75,600
Median gross rent	$550	$762
Housing units	291	1,184
Homeownership rate	82.3%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laddonia	Vandalia
Population	599 → 592 (-1.2%)	4,149 → 3,260 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$28,882 → $49,583 (+71.7%)	$39,135 → $58,649 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$56,300 → $78,300 (+39.1%)	$66,400 → $75,600 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $550 (+18.8%)	$613 → $762 (+24.3%)

Laddonia

Population

599592

Median household income

$28,882$49,583

Median home value

$56,300$78,300

Median gross rent

$463$550

Vandalia

Population

4,1493,260

Median household income

$39,135$58,649

Median home value

$66,400$75,600

Median gross rent

$613$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laddonia	Vandalia
Under 5	9.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	10.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	21.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.1%
75 and over	7.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laddonia	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laddonia	Vandalia
No high school diploma	16.9%	15.3%
High school graduate	45.8%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laddonia	Vandalia
Drove alone	85.5%	85.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laddonia	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	79.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Laddonia	Vandalia
Poverty rate	19.9%	15.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1964	1960