Douglass Hills vs Shively

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

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

Shively has the higher population (15,556 vs 5,437 in Douglass Hills). Douglass Hills has the higher median household income ($92,826 vs $46,522 in Shively). Douglass Hills has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $139,200 in Shively).

Population, income & housing

	Douglass Hills	Shively
Population	5,437	15,556
Median age	48.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,826	$46,522
Median home value	$331,500	$139,200
Median gross rent	$1,164	$847
Housing units	2,681	7,245
Homeownership rate	81.7%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglass Hills	Shively
Population	5,710 → 5,437 (-4.8%)	15,726 → 15,556 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$74,485 → $92,826 (+24.6%)	$39,048 → $46,522 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $331,500 (+29.3%)	$107,000 → $139,200 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,164 (+4.6%)	$697 → $847 (+21.5%)

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

Shively

Population

15,72615,556

Median household income

$39,048$46,522

Median home value

$107,000$139,200

Median gross rent

$697$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglass Hills	Shively
Under 5	5.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	15.9%
75 and over	9.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglass Hills	Shively
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	35.6%
Black or African American	10.7%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglass Hills	Shively
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.2%
High school graduate	16.7%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglass Hills	Shively
Drove alone	77.9%	74.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	11.8%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglass Hills	Shively
1-unit, detached	69.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	14.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Douglass Hills	Shively
Poverty rate	3.9%	17.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1976	1958