Jeffersontown vs Shively

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

Jeffersontown and Shively 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 15,556 in Shively). Jeffersontown has the higher median household income ($78,185 vs $46,522 in Shively). Jeffersontown has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $139,200 in Shively).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersontown	Shively
Population	28,988	15,556
Median age	39.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,185	$46,522
Median home value	$236,800	$139,200
Median gross rent	$1,253	$847
Housing units	12,881	7,245
Homeownership rate	66.5%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersontown	Shively
Population	28,035 → 28,988 (+3.4%)	15,726 → 15,556 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$68,803 → $78,185 (+13.6%)	$39,048 → $46,522 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $236,800 (+30.5%)	$107,000 → $139,200 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,253 (+27.7%)	$697 → $847 (+21.5%)

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

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)

	Jeffersontown	Shively
Under 5	6.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.9%
75 and over	8.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersontown	Shively
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	35.6%
Black or African American	12.4%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersontown	Shively
No high school diploma	4.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersontown	Shively
Drove alone	76.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.7%
Public transit	1.1%	2.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	11.8%
Other means	0.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersontown	Shively
1-unit, detached	67.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	14.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersontown	Shively
Poverty rate	6.8%	17.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1977	1958