Louisville vs Lyndon

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

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

Louisville has the higher population (627,210 vs 10,956 in Lyndon). Lyndon has the higher median household income ($65,392 vs $64,731 in Louisville). Lyndon has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $221,500 in Louisville).

Population, income & housing

	Louisville	Lyndon
Population	627,210	10,956
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,731	$65,392
Median home value	$221,500	$273,300
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,196
Housing units	288,047	6,118
Homeownership rate	60.6%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisville	Lyndon
Population	617,790 → 627,210 (+1.5%)	11,431 → 10,956 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$53,436 → $64,731 (+21.1%)	$57,472 → $65,392 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $221,500 (+39.6%)	$191,300 → $273,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,069 (+26.4%)	$976 → $1,196 (+22.5%)

Louisville

Population

617,790627,210

Median household income

$53,436$64,731

Median home value

$158,700$221,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,069

Lyndon

Population

11,43110,956

Median household income

$57,472$65,392

Median home value

$191,300$273,300

Median gross rent

$976$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisville	Lyndon
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	25.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.6%
75 and over	6.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisville	Lyndon
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	72.5%
Black or African American	23.4%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisville	Lyndon
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	27.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisville	Lyndon
Drove alone	73.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.3%
Public transit	2.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	15.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisville	Lyndon
1-unit, detached	63.5%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	29.7%
20 or more units	8.1%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Louisville	Lyndon
Poverty rate	16.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.34	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1970	1985