Walkability by city / Louisville, KY

Walkability in Louisville, KY

How easy it is to get around Louisville on foot, by transit and by bike — averaged over where the metro's 1.36 million residents live, with its most walkable neighborhoods ranked.

The metro at a glance

Each score is the average of the scores across the metro's streets, weighted by how many people live along them.

Walk Score: 20

Negligible

Driving mandatory

Transit Score: 12

Negligible

Negligible or nothing

Bike Score: 24

Negligible

Negligible or none

Where residents live, by Walk band

14% of residents live where the Walk Score is Moderate or better.

Complete 0%
Substantial 4%
Moderate 10%
Minimal 13%
Negligible 72%

Most walkable neighborhoods

Ranked by Walk Score. Every area listed is home to at least 1,500 people; where a city has no mapped neighborhood boundaries, the whole city or community is ranked instead.

#	Neighborhood	Residents
1	NorthfieldCity · whole area · 1,690 residents	1,690
2	Bonnycastle Neighborhoodin Louisville · 2,070 residents	2,070
3	Highlands Douglass Neighborhoodin Louisville · 2,960 residents	2,960
4	Wilder Parkin Louisville · 2,270 residents	2,270
5	Metro Council District 9in Louisville · 27,470 residents	27,470
6	Norton Commonsin Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) · 3,780 residents	3,780
7	Beechmontin Louisville · 7,850 residents	7,850
8	St. MatthewsCity · whole area · 17,340 residents	17,340
9	Russellin Louisville · 6,700 residents	6,700
10	Hurstbourne AcresCity · whole area · 2,000 residents	2,000
11	LouisvilleCity · whole area · 235,140 residents	235,140
12	CrestwoodCity · whole area · 6,360 residents	6,360
13	MiddletownCity · whole area · 12,180 residents	12,180
14	HurstbourneCity · whole area · 4,500 residents	4,500
15	Wyandotte/Oakdalein Louisville · 3,470 residents	3,470
16	Graymoor-DevondaleCity · whole area · 2,600 residents	2,600
17	New AlbanyCity · whole area · 39,960 residents	39,960
18	CorydonTown · whole area · 2,510 residents	2,510
19	JeffersontownCity · whole area · 29,780 residents	29,780
20	Douglass HillsCity · whole area · 3,790 residents	3,790
21	Windy HillsCity · whole area · 1,940 residents	1,940
22	ShelbyvilleCity · whole area · 13,830 residents	13,830
23	Audubon ParkCity · whole area · 1,660 residents	1,660
24	LyndonCity · whole area · 13,360 residents	13,360
25	BardstownCity · whole area · 14,640 residents	14,640

Show all 52 ranked areas

#	Neighborhood	Residents
26	ClarksvilleTown · whole area · 20,610 residents	20,610
27	La GrangeCity · whole area · 9,560 residents	9,560
28	JeffersonvilleCity · whole area · 49,490 residents	49,490
29	ShivelyCity · whole area · 15,990 residents	15,990
30	EminenceCity · whole area · 1,850 residents	1,850
31	Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)Whole area · 394,520 residents	394,520
32	ProspectCity · whole area · 4,320 residents	4,320
33	SalemCity · whole area · 5,990 residents	5,990
34	SellersburgTown · whole area · 10,140 residents	10,140
35	St. Regis ParkCity · whole area · 1,530 residents	1,530
36	HillviewCity · whole area · 10,930 residents	10,930
37	GeorgetownTown · whole area · 2,730 residents	2,730
38	Mount WashingtonCity · whole area · 15,200 residents	15,200
39	AnchorageCity · whole area · 2,770 residents	2,770
40	ShepherdsvilleCity · whole area · 14,470 residents	14,470
41	SimpsonvilleCity · whole area · 2,270 residents	2,270
42	Lebanon JunctionCity · whole area · 1,850 residents	1,850
43	BucknerCommunity · whole area · 4,580 residents	4,580
44	Indian HillsCity · whole area · 2,880 residents	2,880
45	HenryvilleCommunity · whole area · 1,780 residents	1,780
46	BrandenburgCity · whole area · 2,500 residents	2,500
47	Floyds KnobsCommunity · whole area · 4,590 residents	4,590
48	CharlestownCity · whole area · 6,980 residents	6,980
49	Pioneer VillageCity · whole area · 2,950 residents	2,950
50	Elk CreekCommunity · whole area · 2,440 residents	2,440
51	BrooksCommunity · whole area · 1,680 residents	1,680
52	Doe ValleyCommunity · whole area · 1,920 residents	1,920

These are averages: streets within a neighborhood can score well above or below its number. For the scores at one address, look it up.

Updated October 15, 2026.

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