{"id":10525,"date":"2025-12-01T11:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?p=10525"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:08:09","slug":"greater-louisville-inc-releases-new-data-on-how-region-compares-to-peers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/greater-louisville-inc-releases-new-data-on-how-region-compares-to-peers\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Louisville Inc. releases new data on how region compares to peers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Louisville, Ky.<\/strong> (December 1, 2025) \u2013 Greater Louisville Inc. released an annual update to its Regional Economic Dashboard. The Dashboard was initially created in 2024 to track the Metropolitan Statistical Area\u2019s (MSA) progress in 28 categories relating to population growth, talent, economy, labor market, and livability.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Dashboard highlights strong performance in job growth, affordability, and earnings relative to the cost of living. Areas for improvement include slow population growth, lower educational attainment, and higher rates of property crime as compared to peer regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData is critical to informing all businesses decisions, especially for site consultants and businesses considering relocating or expanding. This dashboard gives a transparent look at where Greater Louisville excels and needs work compared to our peers,\u201d said Clark Welch, Vice President of Economic Development for Greater Louisville Inc. \u201cEqually as important, this data serves as a way for us to benchmark ourselves annually \u00a0and make sure we are continuing to keep pace in the areas that drive economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Updating the data annually allows the GLI team to identify trends where Greater Louisville is outperforming and underperforming peer regions. This year, GLI introduced a \u201ctrend\u201d category to reflect year-over-year changes. Key trends over the last year include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greater Louisville\u2019s job growth in 2025 has moved up one spot from 2024, surpassing Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.<\/li>\n<li>Greater Louisville\u2019s job change percentage increased 11% from 2020 &#8211; 2025, a significant jump from a 4% increase from 2019 &#8211; 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Greater Louisville continues to see steady population growth, but remains middle of the pack compared to peer regions in this area.<\/li>\n<li>Greater Louisville\u2019s average household earnings compared to cost of living is strong compared to many peers.<\/li>\n<li>In three core economic indicators \u2013 Gross Regional Product, Imports, Exports \u2013 Greater Louisville moved up one spot from 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Greater Louisville\u2019s violent crime rates decreased and moved the region up the rankings two spots, however the region dropped one spot in property crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cTracking our region\u2019s progress in core indicators of economic growth year over year allows us to identify areas where we are falling behind peer regions and need to act. It also allows us to identify our strengths as a region and use that to strategically attract more businesses and people here,\u201d said Camilla Schroeder, Chair of GLI\u2019s Board of Directors and President of Advance Ready Mix Concrete.<\/p>\n<p>All data for the dashboard was collected through Lightcast, a software recognized as one of the world\u2019s most comprehensive labor market data platforms, offering user-friendly tools. (Burning Glass and Emsi are now part of Lightcast.)<\/p>\n<p>Peer markets were originally identified by the Greater Louisville Project, who previously tracked several of these indicators, and were kept the same to ensure long-term continuity of data. Peer markets include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St. Louis, MO-IL<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC<\/li>\n<li>Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City, MO-KS<\/li>\n<li>Columbus, OH<\/li>\n<li>Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN<\/li>\n<li>Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma City, OK<\/li>\n<li>Memphis, TN-MS-AR<\/li>\n<li>Birmingham-Hoover, AL<\/li>\n<li>Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI<\/li>\n<li>Tulsa, OK<\/li>\n<li>Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA<\/li>\n<li>Greenville-Anderson, SC<\/li>\n<li>Knoxville, TN<\/li>\n<li>Greensboro-High Point, NC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view the full dashboard and a downloadable spreadsheet with data for all regions in all 28 categories, <a href=\"https:\/\/greaterlouisvillepartnership.com\/data-statistics\/\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisville, Ky. 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