Des Peres vs Ladue

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

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

Des Peres has the higher population (9,145 vs 8,948 in Ladue). Ladue has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $214,167 in Des Peres). Ladue has the higher median home value ($1,027,000 vs $591,800 in Des Peres).

Population, income & housing

	Des Peres	Ladue
Population	9,145	8,948
Median age	42.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$214,167	$250,001
Median home value	$591,800	$1,027,000
Median gross rent	$1,931	$1,813
Housing units	3,311	3,508
Homeownership rate	96.3%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	87.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Peres	Ladue
Population	8,619 → 9,145 (+6.1%)	8,601 → 8,948 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$150,800 → $214,167 (+42.0%)	$214,875 → $250,001 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$449,800 → $591,800 (+31.6%)	$831,800 → $1,027,000 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,931 (+3.3%)	$1,814 → $1,813 (-0.1%)

Des Peres

Population

8,6199,145

Median household income

$150,800$214,167

Median home value

$449,800$591,800

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,931

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)

	Des Peres	Ladue
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.8%
75 and over	8.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Peres	Ladue
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Peres	Ladue
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.0%
High school graduate	5.8%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.3%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.2%	52.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Peres	Ladue
Drove alone	76.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Peres	Ladue
1-unit, detached	98.4%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Des Peres	Ladue
Poverty rate	2.2%	1.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1975	1955