Ladue vs Sunset Hills

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

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

Sunset Hills has the higher population (9,113 vs 8,948 in Ladue). Ladue has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $133,895 in Sunset Hills). Ladue has the higher median home value ($1,027,000 vs $522,300 in Sunset Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
Population	8,948	9,113
Median age	48.4 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$133,895
Median home value	$1,027,000	$522,300
Median gross rent	$1,813	$3,454
Housing units	3,508	3,829
Homeownership rate	95.6%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.8%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
Population	8,601 → 8,948 (+4.0%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$214,875 → $250,001 (+16.3%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$831,800 → $1,027,000 (+23.5%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,814 → $1,813 (-0.1%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

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

Sunset Hills

Population

8,4729,113

Median household income

$106,094$133,895

Median home value

$392,200$522,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$3,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
Under 5	7.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.7%
75 and over	9.6%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	2.7%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	52.2%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	78.2%	78.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	15.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	99.8%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Ladue	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1955	1978