Hillview, Kentucky.
Typical home $226,914 (+1.0% in a year), asking rent $1,950 . Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$654 (+122%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,272 +1%
- $224,642$226,914 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,007 +24%
- $182,908$226,914 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.
- Hillview$1,191
- Kentucky$1,212
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Hillview, KY rose 1.0% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Hillview, Bullitt County, Kentucky
Hillview is a city of 8,622 people in Bullitt County. Half its households earn more than $68,111 a year and half less, against $80,558 across Bullitt County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Bullitt County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hillview is a city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, and most of its homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes here run below the county's, and the people tend to be somewhat younger than in many American towns. Winters are cold, with some snow each year, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in transport, warehouses and utilities, in manufacturing, or in shops. Among the largest workplaces in Hillview are South Hospital, Cencora and UPS. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and the typical commute is a fairly long one.
Things to do. A short drive away are Kentucky Kingdom, an amusement park, and the Louisville Zoo. For time outdoors, Jefferson Memorial Forest, a park, is also a short drive away. Bernheim Forest and Arboretum, a botanical garden, is a longer drive.
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- 3,150households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bullitt County had 29,334 jobs in 2025, 1.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 68°. About 15 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Louisville Weather Office weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hillview
- South HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals535
- CencoraWholesale trade246
- CencoraWholesale trade134
- Comstock Brothers Electric - A Division of The State Group Industrial USA Limited - KentuckyLow voltage electrical work93
- UPSGeneral warehousing and storage59
- Metz Culinary ManagementJanitorial services57
- CencoraWholesale trade45
- M-D KY AluminumTube made by drawing or extruding purchased aluminum43
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,340 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hillview’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bullitt County and the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro.
Hillview home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hillview$226,914
- Kentucky$230,909
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Hillview listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hillview31.94%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hillview31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hillview14
Zip codes with a Hillview address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hillview — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.