City safety & data profile

LouisvilleCO

Louisville, CO is a 20K-resident city in Boulder County with a median household income of $147,319.

Boulder County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Louisville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Louisville has a population larger than 45% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $883,900, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 46%
By size
$147,319
Median income (place)
$883,900
Median home (place)
4.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Louisville

Louisville posts a median household income higher than 92% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Louisville area.

Top 8%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Louisville

Where Louisville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$147,319 Top 8% higher than 92% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Louisville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CO

Population among 59 CO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Denver is the largest CO city on this list; The Pinery leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CO

Median household income among the same 59-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows The Pinery posts the highest place-level median income in CO; Denver is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Louisville, CO beyond the headline numbers

Louisville sits inside Boulder County, Colorado, at roughly 39.98°N, -105.13°W. Population 20,396, $147,319 median household income. Median home value $883,900, median rent $2,166. Poverty rate 4.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Louisville, 4/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.5% of Louisville, CO residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Louisville costs around 6.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

40.2% of Louisville workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 22.9% in Louisville, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

At 42.6 years, Louisville's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Louisville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
20,396
Louisville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$147,319
+65% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$883,900
+114% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Boulder County): Louisville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
329K+9%
Median Income
$103,994+53%
Median Home Value
$756,300+116%
Poverty Rate
11.2%-21%
Unemployment
4.8%-34%

Economics

Economics indicators for Louisville, CO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,166/mo
Poverty Rate
4.5% -64% vs avg
Unemployment 3.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 69.9%
Work From Home 40.2%
Public Transit 1.1%

Population

White 80.4%
African American 1.4%
Asian 4.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
22.9%
High Blood Pressure
22.5%
Binge Drinking
18.3%
Obesity
16.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.4%
Physical Inactivity
10.4%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.9%
Current Smoking
7.9%
Diabetes
6.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 75.7%
Annual Checkup 71.8%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.6%
Stroke
2.4%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
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1
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0
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
0
ADVENTHEALTH AVISTA
LOUISVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Louisville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Louisville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CO-LOUISVILLE-CO · Louisville

Louisville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Louisville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Louisville, CO? ▼
Louisville, CO has a population of 20,396 people, located in Boulder County, Colorado.
What is the median household income in Louisville? ▼
The median household income in Louisville, CO is $147,319 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.5%.
What is the median home value in Louisville? ▼
The median home value in Louisville, CO is $883,900. Median rent is $2,166/month.
What are the top health concerns in Louisville? ▼
The top health indicators in Louisville include Short Sleep Duration (22.9%), High Blood Pressure (22.5%), Binge Drinking (18.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Louisville? ▼
Louisville has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Louisville? ▼
The median age in Louisville, CO is 42.6 years. 69.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Louisville, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (4.5% here).

Newton, MA 4.5% Dublin, CA 4.5% Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% Wake Forest, NC 4.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($147,319 here).

Sayville, NY $147,120 Discovery Bay, CA $147,117 Alpharetta, GA $147,612 River Forest, IL $146,786

Compare Louisville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Superior, CO 13K Lafayette, CO 28K Broomfield, CO 65K Erie, CO 21K Boulder, CO 107K Westminster, CO 116K Northglenn, CO 39K Arvada, CO 115K
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Using Louisville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Louisville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Louisville against Colorado peers on any ranking lens. Explore Colorado

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Boulder County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.