Most walkable Louisville/Jefferson County suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·14 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Downtown St Matthews, KY St Matthews, KY
St. Matthews$338k median · 19.6 min commute
Amenities B+Commute A−Residents inactive
73
Walkability
overall 64 C+
2
street in Lyndon ky
Lyndon$277k median · 19.4 min commute
Amenities B−Commute A−Residents inactive
68
Walkability
overall 60 C
3
New Albany, Indiana as seen from the Ohio River.
New Albany$181k median · 19.6 min commute
Amenities B−Commute B+Residents inactive
64
Walkability
overall 64 C+
4
New town hall of Clarksville, Indiana.
Clarksville$180k median · 18.7 min commute
Amenities C+Commute B+Residents inactive
57
Walkability
overall 57 C−
5
Shively$155k median · 25.7 min commute
Amenities DCommute C+Residents inactive
54
Walkability
overall 48 D+
6
Downtown Jeffersonville Indiana viewed from the Big 4 Bridge
Jeffersonville$217k median · 20.0 min commute
Amenities CCommute BResidents inactive
48
Walkability
overall 60 C
7
Downtown Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
Jeffersontown$251k median · 21.5 min commute
Amenities C+Commute B−Residents inactive
48
Walkability
overall 59 C
8
Amenities FCommute B−Residents inactive
41
Walkability
overall 52 D+
9
My Old Kentucky Home, also Federal Hill Mansion
Bardstown$204k median · 20.5 min commute
Amenities C−Commute CResidents inactive
40
Walkability
overall 56 C−
10
Photograph of historical Main Street
Shelbyville$257k median · 26.9 min commute
Amenities C−Commute DResidents inactive
39
Walkability
overall 53 C−
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons: St. Matthews (Angry Aspie (talk) · CC BY 3.0); Lyndon (STONE8HENGE (talk) · Public domain); New Albany (Mikehallna · CC BY-SA 4.0); Clarksville (Bedford · Public domain); Jeffersonville (Censusdata · CC BY-SA 4.0); Jeffersontown (Angry Aspie (talk) · CC BY 3.0); Bardstown (Firthpond1700 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Shelbyville (J.Merideth · Public domain).