Brentwood vs Ladue

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

Brentwood 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 8,151 in Brentwood). Ladue has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $86,641 in Brentwood). Ladue has the higher median home value ($1,027,000 vs $276,100 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Ladue
Population	8,151	8,948
Median age	37.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,641	$250,001
Median home value	$276,100	$1,027,000
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,813
Housing units	4,452	3,508
Homeownership rate	63.2%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	87.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Ladue
Population	8,005 → 8,151 (+1.8%)	8,601 → 8,948 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$81,069 → $86,641 (+6.9%)	$214,875 → $250,001 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$228,800 → $276,100 (+20.7%)	$831,800 → $1,027,000 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,239 → $1,380 (+11.4%)	$1,814 → $1,813 (-0.1%)

Brentwood

Population

8,0058,151

Median household income

$81,069$86,641

Median home value

$228,800$276,100

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,380

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)

	Brentwood	Ladue
Under 5	5.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	18.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.8%
75 and over	6.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Ladue
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	9.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Ladue
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.0%
High school graduate	9.3%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	52.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Ladue
Drove alone	73.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.1%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	16.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Ladue
1-unit, detached	52.0%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Ladue
Poverty rate	4.9%	1.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1955	1955