40242
Louisville, Kentucky.
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro · population 11,168
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$867 (+103%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,960 +2%
- $320,265$325,225 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $64,114 +25%
- $261,111$325,225 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- 40242$1,707
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in zip 40242 rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Louisville, KY — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 40242
Against the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro and the national benchmark.
- 40242$1,448
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 40242
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 40242$325,225
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 53 zips in range — sorting picks from all 53.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | 40222 | Louisville | 21,470 | $1,485 | $393,508 |
| 2.0 | 40241 | Louisville | 30,696 | $1,602 | $414,590 |
| 2.8 | 40223 | Louisville | 22,798 | $1,589 | $385,161 |
| 3.6 | 40207 | Louisville | 28,903 | $1,518 | $424,243 |
| 4.1 | 40243 | Louisville | 12,002 | $1,576 | $340,272 |
| 4.5 | 40220 | Louisville | 35,078 | $1,270 | $290,248 |
| 5.6 | 40059 | Prospect | 20,892 | $2,382 | $631,116 |
| 5.9 | 40056 | Pewee Valley | 3,441 | — | $364,437 |
| 6.2 | 40206 | Louisville | 20,161 | $1,358 | $285,228 |
| 6.2 | 40205 | Louisville | 24,664 | $1,336 | $384,762 |
| 7.0 | 40218 | Louisville | 33,736 | $1,241 | $214,249 |
| 7.1 | 47130 | Jeffersonville | 50,514 | $1,366 | $252,878 |
| 7.5 | 40245 | Louisville | 39,835 | $1,712 | $485,589 |
| 7.5 | 40204 | Louisville | 14,034 | $1,240 | $279,894 |
| 8.8 | 40299 | Louisville | 42,207 | $1,438 | $340,322 |
| 8.9 | 40202 | Louisville | 7,261 | $1,233 | $345,847 |
| 9.0 | 40217 | Louisville | 11,663 | $1,407 | $235,253 |
| 9.7 | 40213 | Louisville | 16,054 | $1,305 | $206,266 |
| 9.7 | 40203 | Louisville | 17,742 | $1,006 | $146,732 |
| 9.7 | 40014 | Crestwood | 23,101 | $1,548 | $467,837 |
| 9.7 | 40228 | Louisville | 18,085 | $1,446 | $271,760 |
| 9.9 | 40010 | Buckner | 678 | — | $514,348 |
| 10.0 | 47129 | Clarksville | 19,582 | $1,156 | $203,345 |
| 10.3 | 40291 | Louisville | 41,222 | $1,593 | $306,511 |
| 10.4 | 40208 | Louisville | 15,605 | $1,063 | $134,517 |
| 10.4 | 40209 | Louisville | 639 | — | $118,208 |
| 10.9 | 40219 | Louisville | 39,909 | $1,344 | $234,580 |
| 10.9 | 40026 | Goshen | 5,975 | — | $511,730 |
| 11.0 | 40210 | Louisville | 13,518 | $1,178 | $87,299 |
| 11.5 | 40212 | Louisville | 14,661 | $1,090 | $82,370 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.