Ludlow vs Windsor

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

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

Windsor has the higher population (1,961 vs 755 in Ludlow). Ludlow has the higher median household income ($53,654 vs $48,371 in Windsor). Ludlow has the higher median home value ($278,300 vs $158,800 in Windsor).

Population, income & housing

	Ludlow	Windsor
Population	755	1,961
Median age	52.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,654	$48,371
Median home value	$278,300	$158,800
Median gross rent	$1,029	$988
Housing units	671	1,092
Homeownership rate	49.5%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludlow	Windsor
Population	688 → 755 (+9.7%)	2,150 → 1,961 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$41,736 → $53,654 (+28.6%)	$41,542 → $48,371 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$191,800 → $278,300 (+45.1%)	$154,200 → $158,800 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,029 (+22.5%)	$922 → $988 (+7.2%)

Ludlow

Population

688755

Median household income

$41,736$53,654

Median home value

$191,800$278,300

Median gross rent

$840$1,029

Windsor

Population

2,1501,961

Median household income

$41,542$48,371

Median home value

$154,200$158,800

Median gross rent

$922$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ludlow	Windsor
Under 5	3.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.0%
75 and over	16.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludlow	Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludlow	Windsor
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludlow	Windsor
Drove alone	73.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludlow	Windsor
1-unit, detached	47.4%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	32.8%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Ludlow	Windsor
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.6%
Average household size	1.86	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938