La Grange, Kentucky.
Typical home $396,347 (+1.2% in a year), asking rent $1,907 . Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,082 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,869 +1%
- $391,477$396,347 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $74,395 +23%
- $321,951$396,347 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.
- La Grange$2,080
- Kentucky$1,212
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in La Grange, KY rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky
La Grange is a city of 10,067 people in Oldham County. Half its households earn more than $88,464 a year and half less, against $122,497 across Oldham County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Oldham County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. La Grange is a small city in Oldham County, Kentucky, with a fairly young population compared with many towns whose pages are read by homeowners. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes here run below the county's, which is among the higher-income counties in the state. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and frost and snow common, while July is warm and the year brings a good deal of rain and melted snow.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, retail and professional and business services also employing a good number. Baptist Health Lagrange, Walmart and Kroger are among the largest workplaces in town. Commutes are fairly typical for the region, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Louisville is the nearest big draw, and several of its best known places are a longer drive away. The Louisville Zoo and Kentucky Kingdom amusement park suit a family day out, and the Muhammad Ali Center is a museum in the city. For time outdoors, Falls of the Ohio State Park is a protected area, also a longer drive away.
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- 3,777households
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oldham County had 16,995 jobs in 2025, 2.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 65°. About 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Crestwood 4NE weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in La Grange
- Baptist Health LagrangeGeneral hospital421FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters289
- Kroger Louisville KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores160
- Berkel Piling LouisvilleFoundation, building, poured concrete, contractors103
- Stainless Steel MidwestRecyclable materials merchant wholesalers54
- Seven Counties ServicesCommunity mental health45
- Kinser & KinserHeating, ventilation and air-conditioning contractors43
- La GrangeMail and parcel delivery34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,248 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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 windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in La Grange’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Oldham County and the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro.
La Grange home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- La Grange$396,347
- Kentucky$230,909
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 La Grange listings, and the typical home goes pending in 15 days — 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.
- La Grange32.35%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- La Grange15
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- La Grange97
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- La Grange33
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- La Grange$381,136
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- La Grange98.68%
Zip codes with a La Grange address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls La Grange — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.