Hikes Point Louisville homes for sale sit in ZIP code 40220, one of the ten busiest ZIP codes for home closings in the Louisville, Kentucky market over the past year — and it's mine. I'm Rob Bergeron, and this is my neighborhood — Winner Realty's office is on Redbud Lane, just off Taylorsville Road. About 419 single-family homes closed in ZIP 40220 between September 2025 and August 2026, at a sales-weighted median price of about $289,000, in a market that carried only about 60 active listings at a time — the tightest inventory of any ZIP in this ten-guide series.

• 419 single-family homes closed in ZIP 40220 (Hikes Point) between September 2025 and August 2026, flat year over year (0.0% change).
• The sales-weighted median sold price was about $289,000, up 1.0% year over year; the average sold price was about $286,000.
• Homes sold in about 23 days on average and closed at about 98.7% of list price.
• Active listings reached just 60 in August 2026 (up 25.0% from August 2025), for about 1.7 months of supply — the tightest of any ZIP code in this guide series.
• Hikes Point takes its name from George Hikes, a Revolutionary War veteran who settled the area around 1791.
• Winner Realty's office sits at 3115 Redbud Lane, inside ZIP 40220.

Where Hikes Point is and how to get around

Hikes Point sits in the middle of Jefferson County, bounded roughly by the Watterson Expressway (I-264) to the north and Breckenridge Lane to the west, with Taylorsville Road running through the heart of the neighborhood and Bardstown Road forming its western boundary toward Bon Air. Interstates 64 and 264 meet at the northeast corner, and Redbud Lane — where Winner Realty's office sits — runs just off Taylorsville Road a few minutes from that interchange.

Downtown Louisville is about 15 minutes away via Bardstown Road or the Watterson Expressway to I-65. UPS Worldport and Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) run about 15 to 20 minutes south, also via the Watterson. GE Appliance Park, just south in Buechel off Bardstown Road, is roughly a 10-minute drive. Ford's Louisville Assembly Plant, off Fern Valley Road, is a similar distance south; Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant, near I-71 in far eastern Jefferson County, runs closer to 20 to 25 minutes.

A short history of Hikes Point

George Hikes, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, settled the area around 1791 after buying land from William Meriwether, arriving from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Barbara, and the rest of the household. He built several stone homes and ran grist and saw mills as the settlement grew. His son, George Hikes Jr., built a Federal-style farmhouse along what's now Hikes Lane around 1823; the Hikes-Hunsinger House, at 2834 Hikes Lane, is on the National Register of Historic Places and stayed in Hikes family hands for more than a century and a half.

The neighborhood that eventually took the family's name stayed farmland into the 20th century. Development didn't arrive in earnest until after World War II, when Roy McMahan bought the old Eberle family farm in 1946 and began building subdivisions and shopping centers, McMahan Plaza among them, that made Hikes Point a retail hub. To the south, developers subdivided the Graff farm and part of the Hikes family's own Midlane property after the war to create Klondike; to the west, the Wellingmoor subdivision, laid out in 1939, started Bon Air's growth, an expansion later slowed for a few years by construction of the Watterson Expressway.

Hikes Point home prices in 2026

• Closed sales, 12 months: 419 (flat year over year, 0.0%)
• Median sold price, 12 months: about $289,000 (up 1.0% year over year)
• Average sold price, 12 months: about $286,000
• Average days on market: about 23 days
• Sale-to-list ratio: about 98.7%
• Active listings, August 2026: 60 (up 25.0% from August 2025)
• Months of supply, August 2026: about 1.7 months
• Median list price of current actives: about $300,000

Source: Louisville MLS (Flexmls) single-family closed sales, ZIP 40220, Sep 2025–Aug 2026, pulled September 2026 by Winner Realty.

I'm Rob Bergeron, and here's my read on these numbers. Hikes Point's 12-month median sits just above the Jefferson County single-family median of about $281,000, but the number that stands out to me is 1.7 months of supply — well under the county's roughly 2.8 months, and the tightest of any ZIP code in this guide series, tighter even than St. Matthews' 2.2. Sales volume was flat year over year (0.0%) and price growth was modest at 1.0%, so this isn't a market that's overheating — it's a market that simply doesn't have much to sell.

Active listings did climb 25.0% from August 2025 to August 2026, but off such a small base — 48 actives to 60 — that supply is still under two months. Homes here also sell fast, averaging about 23 days on market against the county's roughly 30, and close at 98.7% of list price. For sellers, that's a market where a well-priced home doesn't sit; for buyers, it's one where hesitating over an offer usually costs the house.

What's actually selling

In a recent sample of 50 closed sales in ZIP 40220, the median close price was $302,500 on a median 1,439 square feet, typically 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, ranging from $41,000 to $660,000. The largest price band was $300,000–$400,000 (46% of sales), followed by $200,000–$300,000 (38%); homes under $200,000 made up 8%, and everything over $400,000 combined made up just 8%.

By year built, this is the most concentrated stock in the series: 70% of sales were homes built between 1950 and 1979, 20% between 1980 and 1999, and only 6% from 2000 to 2015 — none at all from 2016 or later. Most sales (44 of 50) were single-family detached homes, with a handful of condominiums (5) and one auction sale. Subdivision names that show up repeatedly include Brookhaven, Highgate Springs, Breckenridge Estates, Bryan Estates, Hikes Point, El Conquistador, Bon Air Estates, and Avondale. Homes moved fast — median time on market was 11 days, and 44% sold in a week or less.

Three sales frame the range. A typical sale was a 3-bed, 2-bath home of 1,427 square feet, built in 1955 in Maywood, closed at $300,000 after 5 days. On the low end, a 1-bed, 1-bath condo of 550 square feet, built in 1977 in El Conquistador, closed at $41,000 after 103 days — a distressed or investor-type sale. At the top, a 5-bed, 2-bath home of 4,200 square feet, built in 1824, closed at $660,000 after 10 days at auction — almost exactly the age of the Hikes family's own farmhouse on Hikes Lane, built just a year earlier.

Housing stock and what to inspect

The 1950–1979 stock — mostly brick ranches, Cape Cods, and split-levels, largely single-story with finished basements — carries the inspection issues typical of that era in Louisville: pre-1970 homes sometimes still have cast-iron or Orangeburg (tar-paper) sewer laterals worth checking with a sewer-scope, and can carry branch-circuit aluminum wiring installed between 1965 and 1973, which a licensed electrician can test for. The roughly 20% built between 1980 and 1999 sometimes have polybutylene supply lines, plumbed between 1978 and 1995, a plastic pipe subject to a class-action settlement.

One test worth including regardless of a home's age: Jefferson County is rated EPA Radon Zone 1, the agency's highest predicted-radon tier, so a radon test belongs on every Hikes Point inspection.

Parks, daily life, and what's nearby

Seneca Park, an Olmsted-designed park in neighboring Seneca Gardens, sits just north of Hikes Point — see our guide to how proximity to Louisville's Olmsted parks affects home values. Bowman Field, established in 1919 and one of the oldest continuously operating commercial airfields in the country, sits a short drive north; its 1929–1937 Administration Building and hangars form a National Register historic district. The Bon Air branch of the Louisville Free Public Library serves the neighborhood's western side, and Des Pres Park has walking paths and courts for basketball, tennis, and pickleball. McMahan Plaza, a Kroger-anchored shopping center from the neighborhood's post-war development, anchors the Taylorsville Road retail corridor; Bardstown Road and Taylorsville Road carry most of the retail traffic, with Mall St. Matthews and Oxmoor Center a short drive northeast, and TARC bus routes run along both corridors.

Who should buy in Hikes Point

First purchase under $300,000: 38% of recent closings landed under $300,000, mostly 1950s–1970s ranches and Cape Cods — a real entry point near the center of the county.

Move-up buyer wanting more square footage in an updated home: With almost no 2010s-or-newer construction here, a move-up buyer is more likely trading a smaller ranch for a larger, updated one in the $300,000–$400,000 band (46% of sales) than shopping for new construction — a buyer set on a 2016-or-later build should look at our Jeffersontown guide instead.

Investor wanting condo or rental stock: Condo complexes like El Conquistador show up repeatedly in closed sales here, including distressed and investor-type transactions — worth running through our investment property analyzer first.

Downsizer wanting a ranch or patio home: The predominance of single-story, post-war brick ranches (about 70% of sales) makes Hikes Point one of the more consistent single-story markets in this series — see our senior real estate services page.

Commuter to GE Appliance Park, downtown, or the airport: GE Appliance Park is about 10 minutes south, downtown Louisville about 15 minutes west, and UPS Worldport and SDF about 15 to 20 minutes south — a short commute to any of the three from a central address.

Selling a home in Hikes Point

An average 23-day time on market and a 98.7% sale-to-list ratio point to a market where correctly priced homes move quickly and close near asking. By month, closings peaked in March, April, and June this year (47, 44, and 43 sales), a bit earlier than the countywide pattern, which typically peaks in June and July.

If you're weighing a sale, start with a current read on value: our free home valuation tool and seller net proceeds calculator both use current Louisville MLS data. Winner Realty listings also go out to The Morning Bergeron's 60,000-plus daily readers and to OffMarket.deals' investor audience. For more on when to list, see our breakdown of the best time to sell a house in Louisville.

Hikes Point is one of the 10 busiest neighborhoods for home sales in Louisville. For comparison, see our guides to St. Matthews, Jeffersontown, and Fern Creek, the nearest markets by geography and price band.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hikes Point in Louisville or its own city?

Hikes Point is not a separate city. Unlike Jeffersontown, it has never been incorporated — it's an unincorporated neighborhood inside Louisville Metro, the consolidated city-county government formed in 2003, with no separate mayor or council of its own.

What ZIP code is Hikes Point?

Hikes Point is ZIP code 40220, the ZIP used for all the market data in this guide.

How much does a house cost in Hikes Point?

The sales-weighted median sold price for single-family homes in ZIP 40220 was about $289,000 over the 12 months ending August 2026, with a recent sample of closings showing a median of $302,500 and a range from about $41,000 to $660,000.

How far is Hikes Point from downtown Louisville?

Downtown Louisville is about 15 minutes from Hikes Point via Bardstown Road or the Watterson Expressway (I-264) to I-65.

What school district serves Hikes Point?

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) serves Hikes Point; specific school assignments depend on the address and JCPS's current assignment plan.

Where does the name Hikes Point come from?

The neighborhood takes its name from George Hikes, a Revolutionary War veteran who settled the area around 1791. The Hikes family's farmland ran along what's now Hikes Lane, near the Breckenridge Lane and Taylorsville Road corridors at the heart of today's neighborhood, and the 1823 Hikes-Hunsinger House at 2834 Hikes Lane still stands on the National Register of Historic Places.

Talk to Winner Realty

If you own a home in Hikes Point, I'll pull a free comp report for your street using current closed and active listings in ZIP 40220 — not a generic online estimate. If you're on the buy side, I can set up a "what's coming to market" alert for the subdivisions and price band you care about, from Brookhaven to Bon Air Estates. Either way, book a call — my office is a few minutes from most of the ZIP.

Rob Bergeron is the Owner–Realtor of Winner Realty, an award-winning Louisville, Kentucky brokerage headquartered right here in Hikes Point, and writes The Morning Bergeron, a daily Louisville real estate newsletter read by 60,000+ people. Kentucky license #219325.