54 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 3.17
PERCENT OF
TOTAL LOUISVILLE
FORECLOSURES
INITIATED BY CITY
GOVERNMENT
IN THE WEST END
SINCE 2012
Clifton
Crescent Hill
Highlands
Middletown
St. Matthews
Mockingbird Valley
Windy Hills
Indian Hills
Strathmoor
POPULATION: 71,291
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME:
$59,360
UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.1%
FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: 7%
EAST
MEDIAN
HOME VALUE
$228,550
high $461,200 / $120,400 low
RACE:
17% African-American
89% White
OCCUPIED
HOUSING
STOCK
OWNER-
OCCUPIED
HOUSING
61% 93%
64% 62%
PERCENT OF HOME-
OWNERS PAYING A THIRD
OR MORE OF MONTHLY
INCOME TOWARD
HOUSING COSTS
PERCENT OF RENTERS
PAYING A THIRD OR
MORE OF MONTHLY
INCOME TOWARD RENT
CRIME
APPRECIATION
FROM 2011 TO 2015
2011 MEDIAN
HOME VALUE
$210,600
9%
PERCENT OF THE
CITY'S PUBLIC
HOUSING AND
SECTION 8 HOUSING
UNITS IN WEST
LOUISVILLE METRO
COUNCIL DISTRICTS
87%
OF 22,000
RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES IN
WEST LOUISVILLE
THAT ARE
LANDLORD- OR
INVESTOR-OWNED
PERCENT OF 2016 CITY
CRIMES IN AREA CODES:
40204, 40205,
40206, 40107
WEAPONS: 4%
THEFT/LARCENY: 8%
ROBBERY: 6%
VEHICLE BREAK-IN
/THEFT: 17 %
17%
31%
