Jeffersontown vs Louisville

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

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

Louisville has the higher population (627,210 vs 28,988 in Jeffersontown). Jeffersontown has the higher median household income ($78,185 vs $64,731 in Louisville). Jeffersontown has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $221,500 in Louisville).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
Population	28,988	627,210
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,185	$64,731
Median home value	$236,800	$221,500
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,069
Housing units	12,881	288,047
Homeownership rate	66.5%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
Population	28,035 → 28,988 (+3.4%)	617,790 → 627,210 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$68,803 → $78,185 (+13.6%)	$53,436 → $64,731 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $236,800 (+30.5%)	$158,700 → $221,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,253 (+27.7%)	$846 → $1,069 (+26.4%)

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

Louisville

Population

617,790627,210

Median household income

$53,436$64,731

Median home value

$158,700$221,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
Under 5	6.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.9%
75 and over	8.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	61.0%
Black or African American	12.4%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
No high school diploma	4.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	21.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
Drove alone	76.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.7%
Public transit	1.1%	2.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.7%	11.6%
Other means	0.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
1-unit, detached	67.5%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	12.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersontown	Louisville
Poverty rate	6.8%	16.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1977	1970