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About Hillview
City in Kentucky, United StatesHillview is a home rule-class city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 8,622 as of the 2020 census, up from 8,172 at the 2010 census. The primary road through the area is Kentucky Route 61, known as Preston Highway in both Jefferson and Bullitt counties. Long a rural farming community, Hillview was connected to what became Interstate 65 in 1954 and grew in the 1950s and 1960s as a suburb of Louisville. Its larger subdivisions included Maryville, Overdale, and Lone Acres, and they incorporated in 1974 to form the present city.
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How Hillview ranks
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Housing in Hillview
The typical Hillview home is worth about $227,000, up 1.3% in a year, close to the Kentucky typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Hillview
Safety Grade B-
Hillview reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.
Work & commute in Hillview
Full picture →Most working residents leave Hillview for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Shepherdsville (8%), Jeffersontown (5%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
Health in Hillview
Compared with Kentucky
No difference on any of 5 measures is outside the margin of error.
What stands out
Nothing stands out: Hillview tracks Kentucky closely.
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Natural hazards in Hillview
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 43% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Hillview
Full climate →Hillview has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 25°, and about 15 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Hillview
All Hillview schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Hillview’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 60% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within KY. Ratings are from neighbors.
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