Chillicothe vs Ludlow

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

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

Chillicothe has the higher population (9,129 vs 135 in Ludlow). Ludlow has the higher median household income ($56,000 vs $51,231 in Chillicothe). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $90,000 in Ludlow).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
Population	9,129	135
Median age	37.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,231	$56,000
Median home value	$119,900	$90,000
Median gross rent	$767	$637
Housing units	3,990	79
Homeownership rate	58.6%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
Population	9,162 → 9,129 (-0.4%)	126 → 135 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$40,822 → $51,231 (+25.5%)	$30,833 → $56,000 (+81.6%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $119,900 (+31.5%)	$59,300 → $90,000 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $767 (+13.1%)	$518 → $637 (+23.0%)

Chillicothe

Population

9,1629,129

Median household income

$40,822$51,231

Median home value

$91,200$119,900

Median gross rent

$678$767

Ludlow

Population

126135

Median household income

$30,833$56,000

Median home value

$59,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$518$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
Under 5	5.2%	13.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	3.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	34.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.7%
75 and over	9.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	99.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
No high school diploma	14.5%	29.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
Drove alone	86.8%	43.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	50.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
1-unit, detached	78.0%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Ludlow
Poverty rate	16.3%	22.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	15	35
Median year structure built	1962	1970