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Louisville, KY
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246,161 people (2020) 100k-250k South

Bright spots

No clear bright spot against similar-size cities right now. How this is calculated →
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What needs attention

Nothing here shows a real worsening against similar-size cities right now - a good sign, not a blind spot; every indicator is still shown in full below. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Housing 3 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $263,130 in August 2026, up from $260,027 a year earlier.
Big move $263,130
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref $232,578 (Aug 26) -0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Toledo, OH $133,536 (Aug 26) 26th +5.8% 1st 67% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $425,375 (Aug 26) 12th +3.6% 2nd 6% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $851,107 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.9% 3rd 112% above peers
Richmond, VA $364,726 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 4th 9% below peers
Laredo, TX $222,782 (Aug 26) 24th +2.2% 5th 45% below peers
Lubbock, TX $212,039 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 6th 47% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $492,161 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 7th 22% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $232,056 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 8th 42% below peers
Norfolk, VA $312,422 (Aug 26) 18th +1.3% 9th 22% below peers
Huntsville, AL $290,244 (Aug 26) 19th +1.3% 10th 28% below peers
Louisville, KY $263,130 (Aug 26) 21st +1.2% 11th 35% below peers
Arlington, VA $806,571 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 12th 101% above peers
Fontana, CA $633,683 (Aug 26) 6th +0.2% 13th 58% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $263,057 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 14th 35% below peers
Tacoma, WA $488,463 (Aug 26) 8th +0.1% 15th 22% above peers
Modesto, CA $442,564 (Aug 26) 11th +0.1% 16th 10% above peers
Hialeah, FL $442,859 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 17th 10% above peers
Irving, TX $339,198 (Aug 26) 16th -0.3% 18th 16% below peers
Spokane, WA $396,121 (Aug 26) 14th -0.3% 19th 1% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $787,700 (Aug 26) 4th -0.9% 20th 96% above peers
Glendale, AZ $401,811 (Aug 26) 13th -1.4% 21st on par with peers
Fremont, CA $1,447,776 (Aug 26) 1st -2.0% 22nd 260% above peers
Garland, TX $283,276 (Aug 26) 20th -3.3% 23rd 30% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $335,825 (Aug 26) 17th -3.9% 24th 16% below peers
Frisco, TX $638,512 (Aug 26) 5th -4.1% 25th 59% above peers
McKinney, TX $472,118 (Aug 26) 9th -5.6% 26th 17% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $172,131 in August 2026, up from $169,852 a year earlier.
Big move $172,131
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref $122,154 (Aug 26) -3.8%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Toledo, OH $67,101 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 1st 77% below peers
Laredo, TX $152,796 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.4% 2nd 47% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $297,515 (Aug 26) 12th +3.6% 3rd 4% above peers
Richmond, VA $252,463 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 4th 12% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $403,548 (Aug 26) 7th +2.6% 5th 41% above peers
Norfolk, VA $234,902 (Aug 26) 18th +2.1% 6th 18% below peers
Lubbock, TX $130,770 (Aug 26) 24th +2.1% 7th 54% below peers
Huntsville, AL $169,430 (Aug 26) 21st +1.7% 8th 41% below peers
Louisville, KY $172,131 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 9th 40% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $474,162 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 10th 65% above peers
Fontana, CA $544,358 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 11th 90% above peers
Modesto, CA $361,618 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 12th 26% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $164,482 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 13th 43% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $119,486 (Aug 26) 25th +0.1% 14th 58% below peers
Irving, TX $252,498 (Aug 26) 15th -0.1% 15th 12% below peers
Arlington, VA $419,929 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 16th 46% above peers
Tacoma, WA $390,199 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 17th 36% above peers
Spokane, WA $286,936 (Aug 26) 13th -1.2% 18th on par with peers
Glendale, AZ $317,990 (Aug 26) 11th -1.5% 19th 11% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $579,663 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.7% 20th 102% above peers
Fremont, CA $930,330 (Aug 26) 1st -3.1% 21st 224% above peers
Garland, TX $223,055 (Aug 26) 19th -3.4% 22nd 22% below peers
Hialeah, FL $249,019 (Aug 26) 17th -4.0% 23rd 13% below peers
Frisco, TX $451,788 (Aug 26) 5th -4.4% 24th 57% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $256,816 (Aug 26) 14th -4.6% 25th 10% below peers
McKinney, TX $358,925 (Aug 26) 10th -5.0% 26th 25% above peers
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,353 in August 2026, up from $1,333 a year earlier.
Big move $1,353
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Norfolk, VA $1,757 (Aug 26) 13th +7.2% 1st on par with peers
Chesapeake, VA $2,092 (Aug 26) 7th +6.7% 2nd 19% above peers
Toledo, OH $1,128 (Aug 26) 26th +5.7% 3rd 36% below peers
Fremont, CA $3,375 (Aug 26) 1st +5.2% 4th 92% above peers
Spokane, WA $1,507 (Aug 26) 20th +3.9% 5th 14% below peers
Fontana, CA $3,190 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 6th 82% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $1,507 (Aug 26) 19th +3.7% 7th 14% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,333 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.0% 8th 24% below peers
Huntsville, AL $1,330 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 9th 24% below peers
Richmond, VA $1,648 (Aug 26) 15th +2.7% 10th 6% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,954 (Aug 26) 9th +2.5% 11th 11% above peers
Tacoma, WA $1,740 (Aug 26) 14th +2.3% 12th 1% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $2,127 (Aug 26) 6th +2.2% 13th 21% above peers
Laredo, TX $1,190 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 14th 32% below peers
Louisville, KY $1,353 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 15th 23% below peers
Lubbock, TX $1,333 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 16th 24% below peers
Modesto, CA $2,021 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 17th 15% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,949 (Aug 26) 10th +1.0% 18th 11% above peers
Irving, TX $1,590 (Aug 26) 16th +0.8% 19th 9% below peers
Glendale, AZ $1,507 (Aug 26) 18th +0.8% 20th 14% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 21st 59% above peers
Arlington, VA $2,702 (Aug 26) 4th +0.4% 22nd 54% above peers
Garland, TX $1,556 (Aug 26) 17th -0.2% 23rd 11% below peers
Hialeah, FL $2,357 (Aug 26) 5th -0.6% 24th 34% above peers
Frisco, TX $1,874 (Aug 26) 11th -0.9% 25th 7% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,773 (Aug 26) 12th -2.1% 26th 1% above peers
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Health 1 indicators
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

39.9%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 38.2%
United States ref 33.4%
Fremont, CA 14.1% 1st 59% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 27% below peers
Arlington, VA 24.9% 3rd 27% below peers
Frisco, TX 26.6% 4th 22% below peers
Enterprise, NV 28.7% 5th 16% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 28.8% 6th 15% below peers
Boise, ID 29.4% 7th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 8th 11% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 9th 10% below peers
Irving, TX 30.7% 10th 10% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 11th 9% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 12th 7% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 32.2% 13th 5% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 33.4% 14th 2% below peers
Garland, TX 33.6% 15th 1% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 34.0% 16th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 17th 1% above peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 18th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 19th 4% above peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Glendale, AZ 35.9% 21st 6% above peers
Lubbock, TX 36.6% 22nd 8% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 23rd 8% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 24th 10% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 25th 16% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 26th 16% above peers
Louisville, KY 39.9% 27th 17% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 28th 18% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 40.4% 29th 19% above peers
Laredo, TX 42.3% 30th 24% above peers
Toledo, OH 45.0% 31st 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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