Kentucky

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Kentucky

Metro: Louisville-Jefferson County
What a Home Will Be Worth in 2012: $136,401
Q4 2008 price: $135,000
Projected price change by MSA: +1.0%
Projected price change by state: +1.1%

Louisville, on the mile-wide Ohio River, is famous as the home of the Kentucky Derby, but it's also a pleasant, affordable place to live. It has theater, arts, museums, sports, riverfront parks, and universities.