Berkeley vs Ladue

A side-by-side comparison of Berkeley and Ladue: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ladue has the higher population (8,948 vs 8,149 in Berkeley). Ladue has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $40,654 in Berkeley). Ladue has the higher median home value ($1,027,000 vs $80,000 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Ladue
Population	8,149	8,948
Median age	28.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,654	$250,001
Median home value	$80,000	$1,027,000
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,813
Housing units	3,462	3,508
Homeownership rate	50.3%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	87.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Ladue
Population	8,927 → 8,149 (-8.7%)	8,601 → 8,948 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$33,185 → $40,654 (+22.5%)	$214,875 → $250,001 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $80,000 (+25.6%)	$831,800 → $1,027,000 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,075 (+8.3%)	$1,814 → $1,813 (-0.1%)

Berkeley

Population

8,9278,149

Median household income

$33,185$40,654

Median home value

$63,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$993$1,075

Ladue

Population

8,6018,948

Median household income

$214,875$250,001

Median home value

$831,800$1,027,000

Median gross rent

$1,814$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Ladue
Under 5	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	25.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.8%	13.8%
75 and over	4.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Ladue
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	86.4%
Black or African American	84.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Ladue
No high school diploma	14.1%	1.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	52.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Ladue
Drove alone	58.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	20.1%	4.1%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Ladue
1-unit, detached	86.9%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Ladue
Poverty rate	34.1%	1.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1957	1955