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Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
Balance of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
- Population
- 640,796 (2024)
- Density
- 2,438 / sq mi
- Land area
- 262.8 sq mi
- Water area
- 11.6 sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.1654, -85.6474
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Climate
- July average high
- 88°F
- January average low
- 27°F
- Annual rainfall
- 48.1 in
- Annual snowfall
- 0.0 in
- 43° 27° Jan 3.3"
- 48° 30° Feb 3.3"
- 57° 38° Mar 4.4"
- 69° 48° Apr 4.7"
- 77° 57° May 5.2"
- 85° 66° Jun 4.7"
- 88° 69° Jul 4.6"
- 87° 68° Aug 3.5"
- 81° 60° Sep 3.6"
- 69° 48° Oct 3.7"
- 57° 38° Nov 3.4"
- 46° 31° Dec 3.9"
NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Louisville Bowman Fld (7 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.
Trends
$846 / mo$1,069 / mo
$53,436$64,731
$158,700$221,500
15.9%16.1%
6.0%5.0%
5249
710
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Louisville/Jefferson County ranks
- #10 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 72.2
- #39 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 52.3
- #46 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 52.6
- #50 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 50.0
- #52 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 48.6
- #60 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 38.8
- #82 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 25.7
Local facts
- Median household income
- $64,731
- Median rent
- $1,069 / mo
- Median home value
- $221,500
- Median age
- 37.7
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 33.4%
- Poverty rate
- 16.1%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 39.5%
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 38.4%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 37.9%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 8.1%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 11.1
- Median air quality index (county)
- 49
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 10
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 89.7%
- Households with no internet
- 7.6%
- Average commute
- 22.7 min
- Work from home
- 11.6%
- Commute by transit
- 2.2%
- Commute on foot
- 2.0%
- Commute by bike
- 0.3%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Jefferson County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 10 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Tornado: very high
- Riverine flooding: relatively high
- Heat wave: relatively high
- Earthquake: relatively moderate
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons
ZIP codes
- 40023
- 40059
- 40118
- 40177
- 40207
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- 40222
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- 40258
- 40272
- 40291
- 40299