Housing in Fairdale at a glance
- Population
- about 13,909
- Housing units
- about 5,625
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $162,000Louisville: $233,900 (-31%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,180 a monthLouisville: $1,120 (+5%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 67.8%Louisville: 60.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 63%
- Median year built
- 1969
Fairdale, south-west of the centre of Louisville, shows the lowest home value of the ten sectors with data, $162,000, 31% beneath the city's $233,900 mark. Yet rent is $1,180, fourth-highest of ten and 5% over the $1,120 citywide. Owners hold 67.8% of households, fifth-highest, and 63% of the stock predates 1980, with the typical home from 1969. Neighbours sit higher, from Valley Station ($178,000) through Auburndale / New Cut ($179,000) up to Parkwood / Waverly ($243,000), where rent is only $1,030. Valley Station charges $1,190 and has a 73.3% owner share, so ownership and rent are both a little higher next door. Fairdale houses 13,909 residents in 5,625 homes. Auburndale / New Cut has 67.3% pre-1980 homes and Valley Station 65.8%, close to Fairdale's, and Valley Station's typical home also dates to 1969. Auburndale / New Cut has 58.2% owners and rent of $1,070, while Parkwood / Waverly has a 65.1% owner share.
Questions about Fairdale
What is the median home value in Fairdale, Louisville?
$162,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $233,900 for Louisville as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Fairdale?
$1,180 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,120 in Louisville (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Fairdale own or rent?
Most own: 67.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 60.7% in Louisville (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 4 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Fairdale is one of the 10 most populous of 117 neighborhoods of Louisville: estimated population about 13,909 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from Louisville Metro Government GIS, Louisville Neighborhoods, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Louisville as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Fairdale
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Fairdale. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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