Lyndon, Kentucky

Area Profile

11,030 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Lyndon, in Jefferson County.

57out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 43% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 16 sources
Opportunity2,120th of 4,199 cities measured56
Schools3,514th of 4,162 cities measured23
GrowthTop 35% of 4,224 cities measured57
Housing affordabilityTop 41% of 4,218 cities measured70
ClimateTop 27% of 4,225 cities measured76
Physical resilience2,660th of 4,226 cities measured46
AccessTop 31% of 4,226 cities measured97
Economic stabilityTop 31% of 4,226 cities measured67
The quick read

Unemployment is 5.2% and median household income $65,679, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured. The unemployment rate is published for Jefferson County, KY, which contains Lyndon, rather than for Lyndon alone.

In the public schools here, 37% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 16.4 students for every teacher. Math proficiency is published for Jefferson County, KY, which contains Lyndon, rather than for Lyndon alone.

2,671 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 6% of the prior year — steady rather than turning. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Jefferson County, KY, which contains Lyndon, rather than for Lyndon alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
11,030
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$65,679
Bottom 48% nationally
Density
3,063/sq mi
3.6 sq mi of land
Median age
36.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Kentucky
Nearest major airport
SDF
10 mi · Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl
Median home value
$276,800
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Jefferson County, KY, which contains Lyndon, is 5.2% — higher than in all but 19% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Jefferson County, KY, which contains Lyndon, grew 0.6% over the past year, to 385,703 employed residents.

44% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 84% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsJefferson County, KY’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$60,47627th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftJefferson County, KY’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$74,76055th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$7,3842024 ACS 5-Year$65,679Bottom 48%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,0602024 ACS 5-Year$43,866Top 25%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year8.2%Top 39%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.1 min2024 ACS 5-Year20.9 minTop 21%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year43.8%Top 16%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year75.8%45th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentJefferson County, KY’s figureJuly 2026385,703Top 22%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Jefferson County, KY’s figureJuly 2026+2.6%Top 15%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Jefferson County, KY’s figureJuly 2026+0.6%Top 24%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceJefferson County, KY’s figureJuly 2026406,76278th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year87.9%Top 15%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$62,310Bottom 23%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$48,370Bottom 24%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.3%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Jefferson County, KY’s figureJuly 2026+0.2%Bottom 31%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateJefferson County, KY’s figureJuly 20265.2%Bottom 19%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year15.5%77th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202466k61k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $65,679 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand29,400$46,830
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators20,920$48,440
Registered Nurses18,180$84,850
Retail Salespersons17,540$30,660
General and Operations Managers16,830$89,140
Stockers and Order Fillers16,410$37,610

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Jefferson County, KY, which contains this city.

37% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 45% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Jefferson County, KY, which contains Lyndon, rather than for Lyndon alone.

There are 16.4 students for every full-time teacher across 2 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
4
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
16.4
across 2 of them
Math proficiency
36.6%
Bottom 18% in Kentucky
Reading proficiency
44.8%
Bottom 18% in Kentucky

The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Jefferson County, KY: too few schools in Lyndon reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly. The schools listed below are this place’s own.

All 4 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Bowen ElementaryJefferson County72917.464%67%
Westport Early Childhood CenterJefferson County27114.3——
The Brook-KMIJefferson County293.6——
Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention CeJefferson County0———

47.7% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Kentucky’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 7% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 93.2, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area is up 40% over five years, and up 3.8% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $2,239 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.81% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,470, some 18% above the $1,246 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,470 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $58,800 a year, about 90% of the median household income here of $65,679.

The typical renter household here spends 32% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,246 a month.

A median home at $276,800 costs 3.0 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $93,378, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Cost of living
93.2

Prices here run about 7% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
31.5%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.0×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,470
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,246
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$276,800
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Lyndon’s median household income of $65,679, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area’s figure202393.2Top 19%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+3.8%63rd percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+40.2%42nd percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+87.2%40th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.42024 ACS 5-Year3.0Bottom 36%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year44.2%6th percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3412024 ACS 5-Year6,18390th percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,210Top 38%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,880Top 37%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,470Top 38%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$502024 ACS 5-Year$1,246Bottom 30%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$19,0192024 ACS 5-Year$276,80069th percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$2852024 ACS 5-Year$2,23960th percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$10,3132024 ACS 5-Year$93,378Top 33%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.12%2024 ACS 5-Year0.81%38th percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year31.5%Bottom 34%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±202024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year6.9%49th percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±1782024 ACS 5-Year42488th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

57/ 100
Top 35% of 4,224 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 2% since 2020, reaching 11,221 in 2024.

Federal tax returns show Jefferson County, which contains Lyndon, lost about 0.7% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $60,476, below the $74,760 of households that moved out.

At 3.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Jefferson County, KY, which contains Lyndon, rather than for Lyndon alone.

Units permitted
2,671
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
3.4
Top 40% nationally
Year over year
−6%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
53.8%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202411k11k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been rising for the last 2 years, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

People moving in and out

Net migration
−0.7%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
63%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$60,476
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$74,760
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Bullitt County, KY 1,950 people · 8.0% of arrivals
  2. Oldham County, KY 1,292 people · 5.3% of arrivals
  3. Clark County, IN 1,063 people · 4.3% of arrivals
  4. Hardin County, KY 751 people · 3.1% of arrivals
  5. Fayette County, KY 712 people · 2.9% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Bullitt County, KY 2,795 people · 9.8% of departures
  2. Oldham County, KY 1,896 people · 6.7% of departures
  3. Clark County, IN 1,731 people · 6.1% of departures
  4. Floyd County, IN 1,054 people · 3.7% of departures
  5. Shelby County, KY 1,038 people · 3.6% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Jefferson County, KY. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Lyndon, KY is not one. This is the figure for Jefferson County, KY, which contains this city.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 27°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 48.1 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 50, in the Good band, and about 12 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station LOUISVILLE BOWMAN FLD, 4.8 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND5.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year712024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals48.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals27°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals88°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals71991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year122024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year502024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals44°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
50
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
71
90th percentile index
Days above 100
12
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

46 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and earthquake, with inland flooding alone responsible for 62% of it. Tornado is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

Inland floodingElevated
EarthquakeElevated

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, heat wave, cold wave, winter weather, lightning, strong wind, hail, ice storm, wildfire, hurricane, landslide, drought, avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Violent crime
186
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year
Property crime
2,590
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year

Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.

Lyndon's police department reported 186 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, near the middle of places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 2,590.

Jefferson County records 14.5 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 22.3 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 30.7 per 100,000 residents in Jefferson County.

Homicide
14.5
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
22.3
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
30.7
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
14.4
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Offenses are reported to the FBI by Lyndon’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Lyndon (Jefferson County) rather than Lyndon itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl at 10 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year92.0%Top 39%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle10 miTop 27%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle3Bottom 20%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year4.1%Top 31%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Louisville Muhammad Ali IntlSDF10 mi11,887 ft
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky IntlCVG74 mi10,000 ft
Owensboro/Daviess County RgnlOWB93 mi8,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
Louisville/Jefferson CountyJefferson County631,81856Louisville/Jefferson County vs Lyndon
JeffersonvilleClark County51,04369Jeffersonville vs Lyndon
New AlbanyFloyd County37,58159New Albany vs Lyndon
JeffersontownJefferson County29,19956
ClarksvilleClark County22,01663
Mount WashingtonBullitt County18,48067
ShelbyvilleShelby County17,66864
St. MatthewsJefferson County17,57762
ShivelyJefferson County15,63853
ShepherdsvilleBullitt County14,53355
BardstownNelson County13,80461
La GrangeOldham County10,31168

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
SafetyFederal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer
Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency
2025 calendar year
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

ZIP codes in Lyndon

1 ZIP area

Every ZIP area in Lyndon with census figures of its own, largest first.

ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueArea Score
4024211,168$75,417$299,60057