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Windy Hills, KY

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Windy Hills Profile


Overview

Windy Hills is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,412 people and just one neighborhood, Windy Hills is the 168th largest community in Kentucky.

Windy Hills real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Windy Hills house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Windy Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.05% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Windy Hills is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Windy Hills who work in management occupations (16.43%), sales jobs (15.16%), and healthcare (14.26%).

Of important note, Windy Hills is also a city of artists. Windy Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Windy Hills’s character.

Also of interest is that Windy Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

In addition, Windy Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Windy Hills’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Windy Hills is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Windy Hills Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Windy Hills, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Windy Hills is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 69.18% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Windy Hills in 2018 was $62,934, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $251,736 for a family of four.

The people who call Windy Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Windy Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Windy Hills include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Windy Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.


Neighborhood Real Estate Data

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q3 2022. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually.

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Housing Market Details

 

AGE OF Windy Hills, KY HOMES

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Neighborhood Demographics Data

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2022.

Methodology:   Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data

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More diverse than of U.S. neighborhoods.

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Neighborhood Crime Data

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Neighborhood Crime Data

 

total Crime Index

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Safer than of U.S. neighborhoods.

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Neighborhood Violent Crime

violent Crime Index

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Safer than of U.S. neighborhoods.

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Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

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National Median: 4
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My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

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Windy Hills VIOLENT CRIMES

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Neighborhood Property Crime

property Crime Index

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Safer than of U.S. neighborhoods.

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Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

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National Median: 26.8
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Neighborhood Public School Data

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Due to Covid-19, complete standardized testing did not take place during the 2020-2021 academic school year. Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2019
  • Educational Environment: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2022

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data

School Rating Information

 

School Quality

(100 is best)

Better than of U.S. schools.

Neighborhood School Quality Rating

Rates the quality of all K-12 public schools that serve this neighborhood. Info

Schools That Serve This Neighborhood

 
School Details Grades Quality Rating Compared to KY* Quality Rating Compared to Nation*
Chenoweth Elementary School
3622 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, KY 40207
PK-05
Waggener High School
330 S. Hubbards Lane
Louisville, KY 40207
09-12
Westport Middle School
8100 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40222
06-08
Ballard High School
6000 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, KY 40222
09-12
Dunn Elementary School
2010 Rudy Lane
Louisville, KY 40207
KG-05
Kammerer Middle School
7315 Wesboro Rd
Louisville, KY 40222
06-08
* 10 is highest

Neighborhood Educational Environment

Adults In Neighborhood With College Degree Or Higher
Children In The Neighborhood Living In Poverty

This neighborhood is served by 1 district:

JEFFERSON COUNTY


Students Enrolled in This District


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Students Per Classroom

District Quality Compared to Kentucky

(10 is best)

Better than of KY school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S. info

(10 is best)

Better than of US school districts.

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School District Enrollment By Group

Ethnic/racial Groups This District This State
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Economic Groups This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 56.5% 56.2%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 54.2% 53.5%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 2.3% 2.7%

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