Ludlow vs Utica

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

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

Utica has the higher population (199 vs 135 in Ludlow). Utica has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $56,000 in Ludlow). Utica has the higher median home value ($98,600 vs $90,000 in Ludlow).

Population, income & housing

	Ludlow	Utica
Population	135	199
Median age	40.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$75,000
Median home value	$90,000	$98,600
Median gross rent	$637	—
Housing units	79	120
Homeownership rate	56.0%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludlow	Utica
Population	126 → 135 (+7.1%)	164 → 199 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $56,000 (+81.6%)	$48,333 → $75,000 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$59,300 → $90,000 (+51.8%)	$66,800 → $98,600 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $637 (+23.0%)	—

Ludlow

Population

126135

Median household income

$30,833$56,000

Median home value

$59,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$518$637

Utica

Population

164199

Median household income

$48,333$75,000

Median home value

$66,800$98,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ludlow	Utica
Under 5	13.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	1.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	3.0%	2.0%
35 to 44	34.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	45.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	3.7%	13.1%
75 and over	5.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludlow	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludlow	Utica
No high school diploma	29.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	53.3%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludlow	Utica
Drove alone	43.4%	91.5%
Carpooled	50.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludlow	Utica
1-unit, detached	68.4%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Ludlow	Utica
Poverty rate	22.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.70	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1970	1962