Ludden vs Oakes

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

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

Oakes has the higher population (2,046 vs 19 in Ludden). Ludden has the higher median household income ($114,688 vs $64,750 in Oakes). Oakes has the higher median home value ($160,100 vs $112,500 in Ludden).

Population, income & housing

	Ludden	Oakes
Population	19	2,046
Median age	67.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,688	$64,750
Median home value	$112,500	$160,100
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	9	881
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludden	Oakes
Population	35 → 19 (-45.7%)	2,129 → 2,046 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $114,688 (+45.6%)	$71,250 → $64,750 (-9.1%)
Median home value	—	$124,400 → $160,100 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$664 → $740 (+11.4%)

Ludden

Population

3519

Median household income

$78,750$114,688

Oakes

Population

2,1292,046

Median household income

$71,250$64,750

Median home value

$124,400$160,100

Median gross rent

$664$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ludden	Oakes
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	5.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	73.7%	9.7%
75 and over	5.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludden	Oakes
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludden	Oakes
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	11.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	70.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludden	Oakes
Drove alone	33.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	66.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludden	Oakes
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Ludden	Oakes
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1991	1969