Ellendale vs Ludden

A side-by-side comparison of Ellendale and Ludden: population, income, housing, and more.

Ellendale and Ludden are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ellendale has the higher population (946 vs 19 in Ludden). Ludden has the higher median household income ($114,688 vs $40,000 in Ellendale). Ellendale has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $112,500 in Ludden).

Population, income & housing

	Ellendale	Ludden
Population	946	19
Median age	36.6 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$114,688
Median home value	$115,900	$112,500
Median gross rent	$786	—
Housing units	548	9
Homeownership rate	58.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellendale	Ludden
Population	1,211 → 946 (-21.9%)	35 → 19 (-45.7%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $40,000 (-10.5%)	$78,750 → $114,688 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $115,900 (+49.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$553 → $786 (+42.1%)	—

Ellendale

Population

1,211946

Median household income

$44,688$40,000

Median home value

$77,300$115,900

Median gross rent

$553$786

Ludden

Population

3519

Median household income

$78,750$114,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellendale	Ludden
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	5.3%
18 to 24	16.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	5.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	73.7%
75 and over	14.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellendale	Ludden
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellendale	Ludden
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.8%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellendale	Ludden
Drove alone	72.7%	33.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	66.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellendale	Ludden
1-unit, detached	74.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellendale	Ludden
Poverty rate	13.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1960	1991