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Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area

1,285,426 Population
3,237 square miles 397.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,341 ±$1,101 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $33,980 ±$506
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$69,547 ±$1,552 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $59,341 ±$924
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12.1% ±0.8% (152,776  ±10,072) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 16.5% 722,865 (±0.5% / ±23,794)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.8 minutes ±0.5 (13,206,645  ±341,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24.1 43,888,620 (±0.3 / ±606,955)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

535,884 ±3,799 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,828,680 ±8,263
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (1,262,584  ±2,214) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 † 4,392,235 (±303.8 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.6% ±0.8% (16,621  ±2,358) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 56,396 (±0.4% / ±4,465)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

569,973 ±1,144 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,023,679 ±185
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$245,700 ±$3,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $196,300 ±$2,572
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.2% ±0.8% (154,896  ±10,687.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 12.8% 569,433 (±0.5% / ±20,264.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

91.8% ±1.5% (823,672  ±13,678.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,751,440 (±0.8% / ±24,664.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
35.3% ±1% (316,688  ±8,556.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 861,336 (±0.4% / ±13,374.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

8.3% ±0.5% (100,832  ±6,511.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.9% 252,521 (±0.2% / ±9,690.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

6.2% ±0.4% (79,465  ±5,410) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 4% † 180,899 (±493.6% / ±7,497)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.5% ±0.5% (65,428  ±4,502) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.7% 233,436 (±0.2% / ±6,659)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
65,428 Total veterans ±4,502 60,352 Male ±4,510 5,076 Female ±1,243

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