Home values, rents and more in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Louisville/Jefferson County metro compares
The typical home in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area is worth about $278,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro are 20% above the typical value in Kentucky ($231,000) and 24% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro rose 1.6%, compared with −0.2% in Kentucky and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $73,863, against $63,726 in Kentucky and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,402,509 people live in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Louisville/Jefferson County metro has the 393rd-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-highest of 21 in Kentucky with Zillow figures.
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro
- Bullitt County, KY $295,000
- Clark County, IN $265,000
- Floyd County, IN $286,000
- Harrison County, IN $267,000
- Henry County, KY $251,000
- Jefferson County, KY $264,000
- Meade County, KY $278,000
- Nelson County, KY $265,000
- Oldham County, KY $452,000
- Shelby County, KY $329,000
- Spencer County, KY $376,000
- Washington County, IN $218,000
Cities in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro
- Louisville, KY $261,000
- Jeffersonville, IN $251,000
- New Albany, IN $237,000
- Clarksville, IN $203,000
- Mount Washington, KY $326,000
- Shelbyville, KY $313,000
- Shepherdsville, KY $289,000
- Bardstown, KY $261,000
- La Grange, KY $396,000
- Sellersburg, IN $299,000
- Hillview, KY $227,000
- Charlestown, IN $306,000
- Salem, IN $209,000
- Crestwood, KY $485,000
- Prospect, KY $635,000
- Floyds Knobs, IN $402,000
- Buckner, KY $451,000
- Georgetown, IN $333,000
- Corydon, IN $273,000
- Simpsonville, KY $413,000
- Brandenburg, KY $292,000
- Eminence, KY $227,000
- Pioneer Village, KY $275,000
- Lebanon Junction, KY $229,000
- Brooks, KY $293,000
- Orchard Grass Hills, KY $309,000
- Henryville, IN $325,000
- Greenville, IN $340,000
- Taylorsville, KY $383,000
- Pewee Valley, KY $370,000
- New Pekin, IN $237,000
- Hebron Estates, KY $332,000
- Palmyra, IN $232,000
- Bloomfield, KY $255,000
- Pleasureville, KY $207,000
- New Castle, KY $218,000
- Utica, IN $235,000
- Campbellsburg, KY $225,000
- Goshen, KY $501,000
- Borden, IN $224,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.