Louisville vs Niwot

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

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

Louisville has the higher population (20,788 vs 3,773 in Niwot). Louisville has the higher median household income ($149,159 vs $141,621 in Niwot). Niwot has the higher median home value ($868,400 vs $835,000 in Louisville).

Population, income & housing

	Louisville	Niwot
Population	20,788	3,773
Median age	41.8 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$149,159	$141,621
Median home value	$835,000	$868,400
Median gross rent	$2,069	$1,395
Housing units	8,304	1,577
Homeownership rate	70.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisville	Niwot
Population	20,860 → 20,788 (-0.3%)	3,870 → 3,773 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$103,017 → $149,159 (+44.8%)	$118,914 → $141,621 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$587,000 → $835,000 (+42.2%)	$677,600 → $868,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,607 → $2,069 (+28.7%)	$1,122 → $1,395 (+24.3%)

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

Niwot

Population

3,8703,773

Median household income

$118,914$141,621

Median home value

$677,600$868,400

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisville	Niwot
Under 5	4.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	24.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	15.8%
75 and over	6.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisville	Niwot
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisville	Niwot
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	9.3%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisville	Niwot
Drove alone	51.3%	64.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.9%
Public transit	2.5%	1.6%
Walked	2.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.4%	28.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisville	Niwot
1-unit, detached	66.5%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	13.6%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Louisville	Niwot
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1991	1981