Louisville vs St. Matthews

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

Louisville and St. Matthews 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 17,491 in St. Matthews). St. Matthews has the higher median household income ($80,716 vs $64,731 in Louisville). St. Matthews has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $221,500 in Louisville).

Population, income & housing

	Louisville	St. Matthews
Population	627,210	17,491
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,731	$80,716
Median home value	$221,500	$325,700
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,253
Housing units	288,047	9,219
Homeownership rate	60.6%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisville	St. Matthews
Population	617,790 → 627,210 (+1.5%)	18,161 → 17,491 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$53,436 → $64,731 (+21.1%)	$62,152 → $80,716 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $221,500 (+39.6%)	$235,000 → $325,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,069 (+26.4%)	$1,031 → $1,253 (+21.5%)

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

St. Matthews

Population

18,16117,491

Median household income

$62,152$80,716

Median home value

$235,000$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisville	St. Matthews
Under 5	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	21.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	6.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisville	St. Matthews
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	84.5%
Black or African American	23.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisville	St. Matthews
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisville	St. Matthews
Drove alone	73.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	16.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisville	St. Matthews
1-unit, detached	63.5%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	23.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Louisville	St. Matthews
Poverty rate	16.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1970	1970