Ludlow vs West Woodstock

A side-by-side comparison of Ludlow and West Woodstock: population, income, housing, and more.

Ludlow and West Woodstock are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ludlow has the higher population (755 vs 507 in West Woodstock). West Woodstock has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $278,300 in Ludlow). Since 2019, West Woodstock's population has grown faster (+209.1% vs +9.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
Population	755	507
Median age	52.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,654	—
Median home value	$278,300	$350,000
Median gross rent	$1,029	—
Housing units	671	266
Homeownership rate	49.5%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
Population	688 → 755 (+9.7%)	164 → 507 (+209.1%)
Median household income	$41,736 → $53,654 (+28.6%)	$79,167 → $53,125 (-32.9%)
Median home value	$191,800 → $278,300 (+45.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,029 (+22.5%)	$1,673 → $2,056 (+22.9%)

Ludlow

Population

688755

Median household income

$41,736$53,654

Median home value

$191,800$278,300

Median gross rent

$840$1,029

West Woodstock

Population

164507

Median household income

$79,167$53,125

Median gross rent

$1,673$2,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	5.7%	20.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	1.2%
75 and over	16.6%	24.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	33.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
Drove alone	73.8%	25.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	16.4%
Walked	5.1%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	40.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
1-unit, detached	47.4%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	32.8%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Ludlow	West Woodstock
Poverty rate	9.7%	14.4%
Average household size	1.86	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1938	1958