Jeffersontown vs Lyndon

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

Jeffersontown and Lyndon 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 10,956 in Lyndon). Jeffersontown has the higher median household income ($78,185 vs $65,392 in Lyndon). Lyndon has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $236,800 in Jeffersontown).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
Population	28,988	10,956
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,185	$65,392
Median home value	$236,800	$273,300
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,196
Housing units	12,881	6,118
Homeownership rate	66.5%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
Population	28,035 → 28,988 (+3.4%)	11,431 → 10,956 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$68,803 → $78,185 (+13.6%)	$57,472 → $65,392 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $236,800 (+30.5%)	$191,300 → $273,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,253 (+27.7%)	$976 → $1,196 (+22.5%)

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

Lyndon

Population

11,43110,956

Median household income

$57,472$65,392

Median home value

$191,300$273,300

Median gross rent

$976$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
Under 5	6.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	25.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.6%
75 and over	8.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	72.5%
Black or African American	12.4%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	21.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
Drove alone	76.7%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	15.0%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
1-unit, detached	67.5%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	29.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersontown	Lyndon
Poverty rate	6.8%	7.9%
Average household size	2.34	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1977	1985