Housing in Valley Station at a glance
- Population
- about 19,317
- Housing units
- about 8,104
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $178,000Louisville: $233,900 (-24%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,190 a monthLouisville: $1,120 (+6%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 73.3%Louisville: 60.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 65.8%
- Median year built
- 1969
Valley Station pairs the second-highest rent among Louisville's ten sectors, $1,190, with the second-lowest home values: its $178,000 median ranks ninth of ten and lies 24% under the city figure. Rent is 6% above the $1,120 for Louisville overall. West of the centre, it is also strongly owner-occupied, with 73.3% of households owning, third of ten, or 5,394 owner households next to 1,963 renting. The middle home goes back to 1969, and 65.8% of the stock was put up before 1980. Fairdale, next door, has lower-priced homes, a $162,000 median, and 67.8% owners. Pleasure Ridge Park looks almost identical on tenure, with 73.9% owning at $183,000, whereas Parkwood / Waverly stands apart: $243,000 values and only $1,030 in rent. The figures come from 5 census tracts holding 19,317 residents. Valley Station is older than Pleasure Ridge Park by a small margin, 1969 against 1971 at the middle, and its share of pre-1980 homes, 65.8%, is higher than the 61.8% there.
Questions about Valley Station
What is the median home value in Valley Station, Louisville?
$178,000 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 Valley Station?
$1,190 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 Valley Station own or rent?
Most own: 73.3% 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 5 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.
Valley Station is one of the 10 most populous of 117 neighborhoods of Louisville: estimated population about 19,317 (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 Valley Station
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Valley Station. 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
Work in one of these trades in Valley Station? Ask for your spot.