Ludlow vs Wheeling

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

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

Both have a population of 135. Ludlow has the higher median household income ($56,000 vs $41,000 in Wheeling). Ludlow has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $71,900 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Ludlow	Wheeling
Population	135	135
Median age	40.6 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$41,000
Median home value	$90,000	$71,900
Median gross rent	$637	—
Housing units	79	97
Homeownership rate	56.0%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludlow	Wheeling
Population	126 → 135 (+7.1%)	273 → 135 (-50.5%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $56,000 (+81.6%)	$35,938 → $41,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$59,300 → $90,000 (+51.8%)	$65,000 → $71,900 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $637 (+23.0%)	$678 → $810 (+19.5%)

Ludlow

Population

126135

Median household income

$30,833$56,000

Median home value

$59,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$518$637

Wheeling

Population

273135

Median household income

$35,938$41,000

Median home value

$65,000$71,900

Median gross rent

$678$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ludlow	Wheeling
Under 5	13.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	3.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	34.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	6.7%	22.2%
65 to 74	3.7%	16.3%
75 and over	5.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludlow	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	88.1%
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%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludlow	Wheeling
No high school diploma	29.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	53.3%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludlow	Wheeling
Drove alone	43.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	50.9%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludlow	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	68.4%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Ludlow	Wheeling
Poverty rate	22.2%	28.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1970	1961