Longmont vs Louisville

A side-by-side comparison of Longmont and Louisville: population, income, housing, and more.

Longmont and Louisville are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Longmont has the higher population (98,958 vs 20,788 in Louisville). Louisville has the higher median household income ($149,159 vs $89,724 in Longmont). Louisville has the higher median home value ($835,000 vs $541,400 in Longmont).

Population, income & housing

	Longmont	Louisville
Population	98,958	20,788
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,724	$149,159
Median home value	$541,400	$835,000
Median gross rent	$1,755	$2,069
Housing units	42,435	8,304
Homeownership rate	62.6%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longmont	Louisville
Population	94,445 → 98,958 (+4.8%)	20,860 → 20,788 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$74,242 → $89,724 (+20.9%)	$103,017 → $149,159 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$362,500 → $541,400 (+49.4%)	$587,000 → $835,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,340 → $1,755 (+31.0%)	$1,607 → $2,069 (+28.7%)

Longmont

Population

94,44598,958

Median household income

$74,242$89,724

Median home value

$362,500$541,400

Median gross rent

$1,340$1,755

Louisville

Population

20,86020,788

Median household income

$103,017$149,159

Median home value

$587,000$835,000

Median gross rent

$1,607$2,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longmont	Louisville
Under 5	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.1%
75 and over	7.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longmont	Louisville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longmont	Louisville
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	17.3%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longmont	Louisville
Drove alone	67.2%	51.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.3%
Public transit	1.9%	2.5%
Walked	1.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.8%
Worked from home	19.4%	36.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longmont	Louisville
1-unit, detached	60.5%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	9.1%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Longmont	Louisville
Poverty rate	8.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1990	1991