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South · Kentucky · pop 625K

Louisville, KY

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in KY, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,144 — covering estimated essentials here (about $944 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,874 left over.

Expect summer highs near 89°F, winter lows around 27°F, and about 200 sunny days a year.

Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($235,000) is about 3.8× the median household income.

Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.

AFFORD 99HOUSIN 86JOBS 40SAFETY 38CLIMAT 99AMENIT 69

The Louisville fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,270/mo

Typical rent

$1,110/mo

Home value ÷ income

3.8×

Score breakdown

Affordability
99
Housing
86
Jobs
40
Safety
38
Climate
99
Amenities
69

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,050/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,110/mo
Median home value
$235,000
Median household income
$62,000
Population
625,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
3.9%
Job growth (1yr)
1.0%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
700
Property crime rate
3,800

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
89°F
Avg. winter low
27°F
Sunny days / year
200
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈17/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈68/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈11/yr
Annual rain
45"
Annual snow
12"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+18
Int'l airport
≈8 mi
Walkability
34/100
Disaster risk
48/100
Buying instead of renting? Kentucky's effective property tax runs about 0.83% of home value per year (≈$163/mo on the median $235,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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