Ladue vs Olivette

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

Ladue and Olivette 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 8,539 in Olivette). Ladue has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $105,898 in Olivette). Ladue has the higher median home value ($1,027,000 vs $450,100 in Olivette).

Population, income & housing

	Ladue	Olivette
Population	8,948	8,539
Median age	48.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$105,898
Median home value	$1,027,000	$450,100
Median gross rent	$1,813	$1,515
Housing units	3,508	3,546
Homeownership rate	95.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.8%	68.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladue	Olivette
Population	8,601 → 8,948 (+4.0%)	7,849 → 8,539 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$214,875 → $250,001 (+16.3%)	$86,250 → $105,898 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$831,800 → $1,027,000 (+23.5%)	$338,100 → $450,100 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,814 → $1,813 (-0.1%)	$1,133 → $1,515 (+33.7%)

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

Olivette

Population

7,8498,539

Median household income

$86,250$105,898

Median home value

$338,100$450,100

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladue	Olivette
Under 5	7.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.3%
75 and over	9.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladue	Olivette
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	52.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	20.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladue	Olivette
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	2.7%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	52.2%	39.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladue	Olivette
Drove alone	78.2%	67.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.0%	23.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladue	Olivette
1-unit, detached	99.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ladue	Olivette
Poverty rate	1.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1955	1961