Jeffersontown vs Middletown

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

Jeffersontown and Middletown 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 9,622 in Middletown). Jeffersontown has the higher median household income ($78,185 vs $74,129 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median home value ($298,900 vs $236,800 in Jeffersontown).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
Population	28,988	9,622
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,185	$74,129
Median home value	$236,800	$298,900
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,423
Housing units	12,881	4,766
Homeownership rate	66.5%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
Population	28,035 → 28,988 (+3.4%)	7,891 → 9,622 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$68,803 → $78,185 (+13.6%)	$75,098 → $74,129 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $236,800 (+30.5%)	$215,100 → $298,900 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,253 (+27.7%)	$1,103 → $1,423 (+29.0%)

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

Middletown

Population

7,8919,622

Median household income

$75,098$74,129

Median home value

$215,100$298,900

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,423

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
Under 5	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.5%
75 and over	8.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	74.1%
Black or African American	12.4%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.9%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
Drove alone	76.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
1-unit, detached	67.5%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	29.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersontown	Middletown
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1977	1993