Douglass Hills vs Jeffersontown

A side-by-side comparison of Douglass Hills and Jeffersontown: population, income, housing, and more.

Douglass Hills and Jeffersontown are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jeffersontown has the higher population (28,988 vs 5,437 in Douglass Hills). Douglass Hills has the higher median household income ($92,826 vs $78,185 in Jeffersontown). Douglass Hills has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $236,800 in Jeffersontown).

Population, income & housing

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
Population	5,437	28,988
Median age	48.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,826	$78,185
Median home value	$331,500	$236,800
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,253
Housing units	2,681	12,881
Homeownership rate	81.7%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
Population	5,710 → 5,437 (-4.8%)	28,035 → 28,988 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$74,485 → $92,826 (+24.6%)	$68,803 → $78,185 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $331,500 (+29.3%)	$181,500 → $236,800 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,164 (+4.6%)	$981 → $1,253 (+27.7%)

Douglass Hills

Population

5,7105,437

Median household income

$74,485$92,826

Median home value

$256,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,164

Jeffersontown

Population

28,03528,988

Median household income

$68,803$78,185

Median home value

$181,500$236,800

Median gross rent

$981$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
Under 5	5.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.9%	11.8%
75 and over	9.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	74.2%
Black or African American	10.7%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	16.7%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
Drove alone	77.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	12.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
1-unit, detached	69.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	13.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Douglass Hills	Jeffersontown
Poverty rate	3.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1976	1977