Louisville, Colorado
Cost of Living: Above the National
Average
Louisville is situated in the Boulder County,
Colorado, USA. Previously this town was famous for its mining
activities right from the late 19th Century (1877
onwards) until the mid 20th Century (1950) when a wave
of violence destroyed all the mines. Shortly after this period
Louisville turned ever so gradually into a wonderful residential
town.
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This city has a population of about 19
thousand people with a density of about 2000 people per
square mile. You will find that ninety percent of this
population consists of white people while the rest 10% or
so are other types of races. About 60 percent of the
population here follow some or other religion out of which
about 17% are Catholics, about 12% are Protestant, about
11% belong to other Christian denominations and the rest
are Jews and people of the Eastern faiths.
The cost of living in this town is slightly higher than
an average US city by about seven percent, which is almost
negligible. The economy is on the upswing projecting an
increase in employment by about 32%, which is huge. |
The average income per household in Louisville is about US $82
thousand while an average home could be purchased at about US $372
thousand which makes it possible for almost everyone to own a home
here. It is of no surprise that only about 24% of the population
choose to live in rented homes; the rest own the houses they live
in.
The fact that the real estate is highly affordable is only one
part of the attraction; the other part being that the prices are
steadily appreciating. The appreciation index over the last year's
prices was about 1%.
You will be amazed to know that the water quality n Louisville
is one of the best possible with an index of 100 out of 100 (the
higher it is, the better it is) and the pollution index is 61 (the
higher it is, the better it is).
The popularity of this town is based on the fact that the
comfort index is about 64 out of 100, while the average US city
enjoys an index of 44 only.
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