Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Louisville’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for history; the weakest is a D for incomes. Louisville’s violent crime rate is 8.7 per 1,000 residents, above both the Georgia town median (2.8) and the median of U.S. towns (1.8). Only 31 of Georgia’s 371 towns score higher on cost of living. Residents are less healthy than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Louisville has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Old Market and Jefferson County Courthouse. Louisville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns. Louisville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Louisville beats most towns.
Old Market
Census counts: 524 in 1810, a low of 356 in 1870, 2,381 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1798.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Louisville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Louisville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Louisville.
The rent at the middle of the market in Louisville is $654 a month. Values fell 4.2% in the year to September 2026. In Louisville, 62% of households are owner-occupiers, close to Georgia’s towns (58%) and below U.S. towns (73%).
| Louisville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $654 a month | $1,154 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 62% | 58% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Jefferson County school district runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Louisville’s only public school teaches 339 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Academy SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 339 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
The top destinations are Augusta (10%), Wadley (6%) and Waynesboro (4%). Most people who work leave Louisville to do it: just 17% work in town. In Louisville, the average commute is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Louisville has added 78 jobs, to 1,224 in 2023.
| Louisville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 15% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
18% of Louisville adults have been diagnosed with depression. This Georgia town beats the Georgia average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. Two figures for adults locally: 48% have high blood pressure, 43% feel lonely.
| Louisville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Louisville | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.7% | 77.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.8% | 17.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Households in Louisville have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts a third of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to drought.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Louisville’s midsummer high comes in at 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
20 violent crimes were reported in 2023. Louisville's reported crime rate is above Georgia's. Also worth knowing: for Louisville, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 18.4 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
Trails run 1.1 miles in 1 park or preserve. Louisville has one park or preserve, 5 acres in all. The trail density for Louisville comes to 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Louisville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Helen Clark Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Louisville; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Louisville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Where Louisville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Louisville on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Louisville.
City in Georgia, United States
Louisville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Georgia, United States, and also a former state capital of Georgia. It is located southwest of Augusta on the Ogeechee River, and its population was 2,493 at the 2010 census, down from 2,712 at the 2000 census. By 2020, its population was 2,381. Its name is pronounced "Lewis-ville", though it and the differently pronounced city in Kentucky were both named for Louis XVI.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
6 notable people were born here, including Mirabeau B. Lamar and Ambrose R. Wright.
