Top 10 Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY

It’s been a while but it’s time to once again publish our most expensive areas in Louisville KY post. I write about the most expensive homes in Louisville Kentucky far more often but this go around, we’re going to focus on the areas, or more specifically neighborhoods where these grand homes reside. Are you ready? Let’s jump right in!

Photo of a pool in a Harrods Glen home

Methodology: Most Expensive Areas

To begin, let’s talk about how the calculations work. I’m looking at the actual data pulled from the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors of which I’m a member. First, I pull all the sold properties from the most recent year, in this case 2022. We’re only looking at homes in Jefferson County. These are single-family homes and not condos, multi-family homes, or vacant land listings.

Second, I pull homes that sold for $600,000 or more. In the previous versions of this post, I used $500,000 but with the recent inflation (in this case appreciation) I thought it was about time to increase our baseline. After all, we only want to look at the most expensive areas in Louisville KY which will obviously include only the best of the best. Then I export this data and start crunching the numbers.

Third, I only include neighborhoods that had at least three sold homes. Please note: Smaller neighborhoods are at a big disadvantage with this methodology but we have to draw the line somewhere.

A couple of caveats, sometimes an agent will mislabel the subdivision name. It happens, what can you do? Also, I include any “Estates” neighborhood with its sibling to make things simpler. For example, Glen Oaks Estates is joined in with Glen Oaks, or GlenOaks as some like to list it.

Findings: Most Expensive Areas

With all of that completed, we’re left with 423 homes in 52 Louisville neighborhoods or areas. Here are the most expensive areas in Louisville KY:

That’s great and all, but you’re probably here to see what the top-tier, luxury neighborhoods in our city are, right? I’m glad you asked! That comes next.

Top 10 Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY

Next, I averaged the sale prices of these homes that have sold in the past year. Great! Now, let’s count them down.

#10 Indian Hills

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 16 | Average Sale Price: $1,063,407

Photo of a home in Indian Hills - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
Indian Hills has long been a highly-desirable area in Louisville, Kentucky for its large, well-made homes that reside on big plots of land.

#9 Elmcroft

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 3 | Average Sale Price: $1,183,333

Photo of a home in Elmcroft - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
Elmcroft is a very small neighborhood on top of a hill just off Highway 42 that was once home to The Greatest.

#8 Anchorage

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 16 | Average Sale Price: $1,203,229

Photo of a home in Anchorage - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
No stranger to our list of most expensive areas in Louisville KY is Anchorage, home to some of the most amazing properties in our city.

#7 Glenview Springs

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 3 | Average Sale Price: $1,223,333

Photo of a home in Glenview Springs - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
Glenview Springs is the newest addition to the Glenview corridor, home to some recently built high-end, luxury homes.

#6 Glenview

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 3 | Average Sale Price: $1,249,667

Photo of a home in Glenview - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
Nearby Glenview is much larger and varied in the style and size of homes. Centered around Lime Kiln Lane, there is a fairly nice range of home values in this area.

#5 Bonnycastle

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 4 | Average Sale Price: $1,260,500

Photo of a home in Bonnycastle - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
Just up the road from the Highlands, we find Bonnycastle. With beautiful mature trees and Cherokee Park nearby, there’s a lot to love.

#4 Cherokee Gardens

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 7 | Average Sale Price: $1,368,021

Photo of a home in Cherokee Gardens - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
I tried to choose the most impressive image for each of these tremendous Louisville neighborhoods. Look at this incredible home!

#3 The Breakers at Prospect

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 4 | Average Sale Price: $1,694,291

Photo of a home in The Breakers at Prospect - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
This is a brand-new development that is quite small but very high-end. It’s located adjacent to Innisbrook and Sutherland.

#2 Mockingbird Valley

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 3 | Average Sale Price: $1,875,000

Photo of a home in Mockingbird Valley - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
Mockingbird Valley has some gorgeous homes that are truly mansions. This stately home just speaks luxury.

#1 Harrods Glen

Sales over $600,000 in 2022: 4 | Average Sale Price: $3,037,500

Photo of a home in Harrods Glen - Most Expensive Areas in Louisville KY
Our winner is once again Harrods Glen which boasts some of the most incredible homes you’ll ever see.

With all of the completed, we find the results are very similar to our 2017 Edition of Most Expensive Neighborhoods in Louisville Kentucky. For a little bit of contrast you can check out the 2013 Edition to see that the outcome was a bit different.

I hope you enjoyed this year’s post. And as always, if I can help you personally on your real estate journey, please contact me… I’m always happy to help!

Tre Pryor, Realtor

Tre Pryor is the leading real estate expert in the city of Louisville. He is a multi-million dollar producer and consistently ranks in the top 1% of Louisville Realtors for homes sold. Tre Pryor has the highest possible rating—5.0 stars on Google—by his clients and is routinely interviewed by the local NBC news. Tre Pryor is a member of the RE/MAX Hall of Fame.