Louisville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 18,868 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Louisville is the 30th largest community in Colorado.

Louisville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.36% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Louisville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Louisville who work in management occupations (15.56%), office and administrative support jobs (14.26%), and computer science and math (10.29%).

Also of interest is that Louisville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Louisville, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

Because of many things, Louisville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Louisville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Louisville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Louisville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Louisville is a pretty powerful place. 59.89% of the adults in Louisville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Louisville in 2000 was $31,828, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,312 for a family of four. However, Louisville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Louisville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Louisville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Louisville include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, Scottish, European, Swedish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Louisville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.