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Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) is a Census place of 631,818 people across 263.04 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $66,849, 60.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Louisville
What Louisville is
- Census place typeplace
- Land area263.04 sq mi
- Water area11.65 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,402
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Louisville
How many people live in Louisville
- Population631,818
- Median age37.7
- Population under 18142,218
- Share under 1822.5 percent
- Population 65 and over101,891
- Share 65 and over16.1 percent
- Households264,505
- Family households153,197
- Share of households that are families57.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Louisville
Income and work in Louisville
- Median household income$66,849
- Per capita income$39,683
- Civilian labor force330,486
- Employed312,427
- Unemployed18,059
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over432,914
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Louisville
Housing in Louisville
- Housing units289,095
- Occupied units264,505
- Vacant units24,590
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent
- Owner occupied160,645
- Renter occupied103,860
- Ownership rate60.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$233,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,120
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent
- Single family units194,980
- Share single family67.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more89,906
- Share in buildings of two or more31.1 percent
- Mobile homes4,088
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Louisville
How Louisville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute265,985
- Commuting under 15 minutes64,043
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more68,256
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.7 percent
- Drove alone72.3 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent
- Public transport1.8 percent
- Walked2.0 percent
- Worked from home13.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson County, not Louisville
Jefferson County context, not Louisville figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Louisville measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County20,164
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County470,153
- Covered employment, Jefferson County482,313
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$71,280
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,371
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County2,863
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1,173
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$78,803,068,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County3.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$69,779
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Louisville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Louisville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Louisville, Kentucky?
631,818, in 264,505 households. Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) covers 263.04 square miles of land, which is 2,402 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Louisville in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Louisville?
$66,849. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $233,900. Median gross rent is $1,120 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Louisville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Louisville.
Is zoning published for Louisville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.