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Louisville Apartments for Rent

(Urban population: 256,420, Rural population: 0)

Louisville, Kentucky Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 121,107 (111,354 occupied: 58,481 owner occupied, 52,873 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  47%
State:  29%

Housing density: 1950 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $127,479.


Median contract rent in 2007: $499 (lower quartile is $389, upper quartile is $632)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $527


Median gross rent in Louisville, KY in 2007: $624


Housing units in Louisville with a mortgage: 33,359 (4,100 second mortgage, 4,661 home equity loan, 121 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19,560





Louisville,KY index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $130,148 (it was $81,900 in 2000)
Louisville:  $130,148
Kentucky:  $114,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $83,219 - $184,335

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $165,360
Here:  $165,360
State:  $160,589

Townhouses or other attached units: $144,149
Here:  $144,149
State:  $163,962

In 2-unit structures: $128,619
Here:  $128,619
State:  $137,715

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $195,977
Here:  $195,977
State:  $141,483

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $193,680
Here:  $193,680
State:  $124,940

Mobile homes: $33,491
Here:  $33,491
State:  $33,636

Household type by relationship

Households: 247,714
  • In family households: 188,851 (35,122 male householders, 26,460 female householders)
    35,987 spouses, 71,592 children (67,036 natural, 1,330 adopted, 3,226 stepchildren), 6,677 grandchildren, 2,569 brothers or sisters, 1,604 parents, 3,384 other relatives, 5,456 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 58,863 (22,369 male householders (18,253 living alone)), 27,433 female householders (23,988 living alone)), 9,061 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 8,706 (3,795 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 26,951 2-persons, 15,734 3-persons, 10,925 4-persons, 5,265 5-persons, 1,821 6-persons, 886 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 42,241 1-person, 6,391 2-persons, 817 3-persons, 259 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.

24,802 married couples with children.
26,747 single-parent households (3,367 men, 23,380 women).

93.8% of residents of Louisville speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (51% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 9,650 (3.8%)
(25.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.9
State:  5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.9
State:  4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Louisville, Kentucky:
  • 1 room: 41
  • 2 rooms: 341
  • 3 rooms: 1,488
  • 4 rooms: 7,632
  • 5 rooms: 14,681
  • 6 rooms: 13,857
  • 7 rooms: 9,276
  • 8 rooms: 5,474
  • 9 or more rooms: 5,691



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Louisville, Kentucky:
  • 1 room: 2,739
  • 2 rooms: 4,842
  • 3 rooms: 13,214
  • 4 rooms: 15,045
  • 5 rooms: 10,106
  • 6 rooms: 4,120
  • 7 rooms: 1,634
  • 8 rooms: 727
  • 9 or more rooms: 446



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 1,241
  • 1995 to 1998: 2,268
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,981
  • 1980 to 1989: 4,947
  • 1970 to 1979: 11,177
  • 1960 to 1969: 17,132
  • 1950 to 1959: 23,309
  • 1940 to 1949: 19,247
  • 1939 or earlier: 39,805


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Louisville:
  • no bedroom: 84
  • 1 bedroom: 3,270
  • 2 bedrooms: 18,292
  • 3 bedrooms: 24,961
  • 4 bedrooms: 9,636
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2,238



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Louisville:
  • no bedroom: 3,365
  • 1 bedroom: 19,513
  • 2 bedrooms: 20,398
  • 3 bedrooms: 7,588
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,741
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 268



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Louisville in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 5,436
  • 1 vehicle: 22,897
  • 2 vehicles: 22,027
  • 3 vehicles: 6,329
  • 4 vehicles: 1,310
  • 5 or more vehicles: 482



Cars and other vehicles available in Louisville in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 17,362
  • 1 vehicle: 25,514
  • 2 vehicles: 8,438
  • 3 vehicles: 1,152
  • 4 vehicles: 248
  • 5 or more vehicles: 159


Louisville, KY house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Louisville, KY:

  • Less than $10,000: 196
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 239
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 497
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 728
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 848
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 1088
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 1682
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 3936
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 5052
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 5423
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 5628
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 5073
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 4834
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 6578
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 4042
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 2000
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 1245
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 1436
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 693
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 847
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 381
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 291
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 87
  • $1,000,000 or more: 95
 


Louisville rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Louisville:

  • Less than $100: 2,192 people
  • $100 to $149: 1,470
  • $150 to $199: 2,164
  • $200 to $249: 1,938
  • $250 to $299: 1,903
  • $300 to $349: 2,369
  • $350 to $399: 3,252
  • $400 to $449: 4,676
  • $450 to $499: 5,547
  • $500 to $549: 5,486
  • $550 to $599: 4,768
  • $600 to $649: 3,354
  • $650 to $699: 2,879
  • $700 to $749: 2,412
  • $750 to $799: 1,905
  • $800 to $899: 2,038
  • $900 to $999: 1,244
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 970
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 182
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 182
  • $2,000 or more: 172
  • No cash rent: 1,720
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 5,156
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,759
  • 1985 to 1989: 589
  • 1980 to 1984: 351
  • 1975 to 1979: 479
  • 1970 to 1974: 342
  • 1970 to 1974: 179
  • 1965 to 1969: 795

Louisville, KY Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.9%
Number of people working at home: 1,975 (1.8% of all workers)


Louisville travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 2885
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 11251
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 21366
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 25953
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 20894
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 6315
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 11058
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1229
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 1233
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 2762
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 2209
  • 90 or more minutes: 1800
 


Louisville mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 81,542 (74%)
  • Carpooled: 14,016 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 7,461 (7%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 62 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 12 (0%)
  • Taxi: 67 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 101 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 489 (0%)
  • Walked: 4,539 (4%)
  • Other means: 660 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 1,975 (2%)
 


Louisville, KY household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 19542
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 10471
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 9393
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 9490
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 8582
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 7676
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 6910
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 5715
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 5070
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 7800
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 7427
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 6654
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 2704
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 1286
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 1193
  • $200,000 or more: 1471
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 83649
 German: 28451
 United States or American: 22380
 Irish: 18423
 English: 14065
 Italian: 3287
 Scotch-Irish: 2995
 Scottish: 2440
 French (except Basque): 2362
 Subsaharan African:: 2335
 European: 2012
 African: 1905
 Dutch: 1524
 Polish: 1294
 Arab:: 1078
 Yugoslavian: 978
 British: 805
 Russian: 725
 Welsh: 684
 Swiss: 682
 Swedish: 561
 Lebanese: 496
 Norwegian: 391
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 376
 French Canadian: 367
 Hungarian: 325
 Greek: 312
 Arab/Arabic: 260
 Ukrainian: 202
 Iranian: 167
 Lithuanian: 159
 Austrian: 154
 Somalian: 142
 Northern European: 142
 Portuguese: 140
 Danish: 132
 Jamaican: 128
 Haitian: 124
 Romanian: 118
 Scandinavian: 117
 Belgian: 110
 Iraqi: 109
 Canadian: 105
 Czech: 101
 Eastern European: 97
 Egyptian: 95
 Latvian: 85
 Albanian: 82
 Nigerian: 69
 Croatian: 65
 Finnish: 62
 Slovak: 60
 Czechoslovakian: 60
 Other Subsaharan African: 54
 West Indian: 52
 Other Arab: 51
 Ethiopian: 50
 Senegalese: 48
 Celtic: 43
 Slovene: 42
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 41
 Armenian: 41
 Australian: 30
 Belizean: 26
 Serbian: 25
 Slavic: 25
 Syrian: 23
 Cypriot: 22
 Palestinian: 22
 South African: 21
 Acadian/Cajun: 20
 Brazilian: 20
 Icelander: 19
 Bulgarian: 19
 Liberian: 17
 Moroccan: 15
 Sudanese: 14
 Pennsylvania German: 10
 Luxemburger: 9
 Jordanian: 7
 Afghan: 7
 Cape Verdean: 6
 Turkish: 6
 Israeli: 6
 Ghanian: 5
 New Zealander: 5
 Bahamian: 5
 Kenyan: 4
 Estonian: 4
 Maltese: 3




Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:



  • Cuba (15%)
  • Vietnam (11%)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (9%)
  • Mexico (5%)
  • Korea (4%)
  • India (4%)
  • Germany (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 193908
  • Northeast: 6421
  • Midwest: 20494
  • South: 20486
  • West: 4079

53% of Louisville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Kentucky.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 922
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 403
  • 5th and 6th grade: 923
  • 7th and 8th grade: 3,235
  • 9th grade: 2,808
  • 10th grade: 3,300
  • 11th grade: 2,974
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 3,575
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 22,479
  • Less than 1 year of college: 4,606
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,944
  • Associate degree: 3,360
  • Bachelor's degree: 10,331
  • Master's degree: 3,949
  • Professional school degree: 2,408
  • Doctorate degree: 992


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 855
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 363
  • 5th and 6th grade: 968
  • 7th and 8th grade: 4,556
  • 9th grade: 3,489
  • 10th grade: 4,232
  • 11th grade: 3,896
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 4,074
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 26,458
  • Less than 1 year of college: 6,875
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 13,299
  • Associate degree: 4,758
  • Bachelor's degree: 10,940
  • Master's degree: 5,663
  • Professional school degree: 1,378
  • Doctorate degree: 429


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.0%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.1%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.3%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.2%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.4%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 10.8%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.5%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $42,185
  • Black householders: $23,446
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $11,182
  • Asian householders: $52,171
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $35,778
  • Some other race householders: $28,404
  • Two or more races householders: $26,241
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $24,682

Louisville household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Louisville household income for Black householders

Louisville household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Louisville household income for Asian householders

Louisville household income for Some other race householders

Louisville household income for Two or more races householders

Louisville household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Louisville marital status for males

Louisville marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $145,561
  • Black or African American householders: $89,466
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $131,895
  • Asian householders: $138,569
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $178,774
  • Some other race householders: $135,391
  • Two or more races householders: $121,089
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $139,523

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 71,200
  • One, attached: 2,159
  • Two: 6,409
  • 3 or 4: 12,220
  • 5 to 9: 9,122
  • 10 to 19: 8,246
  • 20 to 49: 4,701
  • 50 or more: 6,716
  • Mobile homes: 317
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Median worth of mobile homes: $26,307


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Louisville:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (90%)
  • Electricity (9%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (64%)
  • Electricity (32%)
  • Other fuel (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,496
Here:  15.7%
Kentucky:  11.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,042
Here:  15.1%
Kentucky:  10.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,985
Here:  22.9%
Kentucky:  18.1%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students



Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

 

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