Merriwether Neighborhood
 
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The Merriwether  Neighborhood overlaps portions of Louisville Metro Council Districts 4 and 10; and Zip Codes 40203, 40208 and 40217.

  
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Additional Data

Race
  Number Percent of Total Population

Percent of Total Louisville Metro
White Alone 936 64.9 76.5
Black Alone 430 29.8 18.6
Other 61 4.2 3.2
Hispanic 15 1.0 1.7
TOTALS 1442* 100 100

Source: US Census 2000

Gender
  Number Percent of Total Population

Percent of Total Population Louisville Metro
Male 678 47.0 47.8
Female 765 53.0 52.2
TOTALS 1443* 100 100

Source: US Census 2000

Marital Status
(Only persons age 15 and over were surveyed)
  Male Female Totals (Male + Female) Totals (Male + Female) Louisville Metro
Never Married 188 229 417 552494
Now Married 245 218 463 153192
Widowed 1 71 72 288715
Divorced 93 125 218 41731
Married, Spouse Present 175 164 339 68856
Married, Spouse Absent 70 54 124 264765
Separated 14 35 49 23950
Other 56 18 74 11962
TOTALS 527 643 1170 11988

Source: US Census 2000

Housing
 

Number

Percent of Total Units

Percent of Total Units Louisville Metro
Occupied Housing Units 643 90.6 93.8
Owner Occupied Housing Units 338 47.6 60.9
Renter Occupied Housing Units 305 43.0 32.9
Vacant Housing Units 67 9.4 6.2
TOTALS 710 100 100

Source: US Census 2000

Household Income
  Number of Households Percent of Households  Percent of Households Louisville Metro
under $10,000 109 17.2 10.7
$10,000 - $14,999 43 6.8 6.7
$15,000 - $19,999 89 14.1 6.7
$20,000 - $24,999 53 8.4 7.1
$25,000 - $29,999 86 13.6 6.9
$30,000 - $34,999 36 5.7 6.5
$35,000 - $39,999 47 7.4 6.0
$40,000 - $44,999 41 6.5 5.6
$45,000 - $49,999 26 4.1 5.1
$50,000 - $59,999 33 5.2 8.8
$60,000 - $74,999 28 4.4 9.6
$75,000 - $99,999 16 2.5 9.5
$100,000 - $124999 6 0.9 4.4
$125,000 - $149,999 9 1.4 2.2
$150,000 - $199,999 9 1.4 1.9
$200,000 + 0 0.0 2.2
TOTALS 632 100 100

Source: US Census 2000

Education
(Only persons age 25 and over were surveyed)
  Male Female Total (Male + Female) Percent of Total

Percent of Total Louisville Metro
No schooling completed 0 0 0 0 0.7
Nursery to 4th grade 0 0 0 0 0.3
5th and 6th grade 0 6 6 0.6 0.8
7th and 8th grade 9 51 60 6.1 3.6
9th grade 37 8 45 4.5 2.8
10th grade 19 21 40 4.0 3.5
11th grade 29 27 56 5.7 3.0
12th grade, no diploma 15 15 30 3.0 3.4
Not a high school graduate 109 128 237 23.9 18.2
           
All high school graduates 315 436 751 75.7 29.1
Some college, under 1 year 23 30 53 5.3 7.5
Some college, 1 + years, no degree 59 75 134 13.5 14.9
Associate degree 23 15 38 3.8 5.6
           
Bachelor's degree 23 42 65 6.6 24.8
All college graduates 30 73 103 10.4 15.2
Master's degree 7 31 38 3.8 6.5
Professional school degree 0 0 0 0.0 2.4
Doctorate degree 0 0 0 0.0 0.8
           
Total Population 25+ 426 566 992 100 100

Source: US Census 2000

*Methods Note

Census data is not normally available at the neighborhood level.  To create this table, Census data was split using GIS to provide estimates of neighborhood populations and demographics.  Please note that since the data on this page is an estimate and involves rounding some sub-categories may not add up to exactly 100% or to the estimated total.